March Report Card (First since December)

We got Aidan's report cards back today (he gets one for his autism class and one for kindergarten), and he's done great!  I figured you would all love a run down of his progress this year.

Annual Goal Progress Report

Goal: Aidan will select appropriate voice level when interacting with others with 90% accuracy by 4/22/10

• Progress - 2 (Some progress made)  
  
• Extent - 2 (Anticipate Mastery)
• "Has made progress but on some days still has to be reminded."

Goal: Aidan will following one- and two-part oral direction with 90% accuracy by 4/22/10

• Progress - 2       
• Extent - 2
• "Has done very well following directions.  When he does not want to he has to be prompted."

Goal: Aidan will exhibit appropriate social skills by controlling his excitement, using an inside voice, use appropriate social communication skills and will make and keep friends 80% of his school day by May of 2010 

• Progress - 2
• Extent - 2
• "Has made friends in kindergarten.  Still has to be reminded to be quiet at times.  Will get upset if staff prompts him or shows him a sign to be quiet.

Goal: Aidan will demonstrate appropriate behavior by following 2 step directions, using an inside voice, remaining calm and will ask for a break/his music when he feels himself becoming over stimulated 3 out of 4 times by May of 2010.

• Progress - 2      
• Extent - 2
• "Has done very well asking for breaks and his ear covers to get away from the sound before it gets too loud for him."

Goal: Aidan will improve his basic living skills by demonstrating the ability to fasten and unfasten hook and button closings on his clothes and by being able to catch a ball that has been tossed to him from a few feet away 3 out of 4 times by May of 2010.

• Progress - 2
• Extent - 2
• "He is able to catch a ball and has had no issues buttoning and unbuttoning."

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Kindergarten Report Card Assessment

• S (Satisfactory - 80%-100%) - Identifies Letters: (they give a list of all the ones they expect him to know, large and small, but let's face it, he knows ALL of his letters little and big...)
• S - Identifies beginning sounds: M, T, A, S, P, C, I, B, N, R, D, K, F, O, H
• S - Recognizes high frequency words: I, am, the, little, to, a, have, is, we, my, like, he, for, me, (didn't know "with"), she, see, look, they, you, of, are, that, do, one, two, three, four, five
• S - Identifies numerals: 4, 8, (thought 13 was 31), 1, 3, (14 was 41), 9, 15, 0, 12, 6, 2, 11, 7, 10, 5
• S - Can count to 30 --- counted to 66
• S - Uses drawing, scribbling, inventive spelling to express thoughts about personal experiences.
• S - Spells name correctly
• S - Handwriting: prints letters, numerals, and first/last name correctly
• S - Understands relationships: Extends a pattern, rhyming words, opposites
• S - Identifies coins: penny, nickel, dime, quarter
• S - Obeys school rules
• S - Uses good manners
• S - Gives best effort

He also got an "S" in music and PE, and of course already knows his colors, and shapes.

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So obviously we're quite proud of the kid.  He's so smart.  I worry that they'll want to send him back to Creekside to do Kindergarten again except in the mainstream classroom.  I really think that's a bad idea for a lot of reasons.  First of all, he's way too smart and too far along to do kindergarten again as his report cards show - he'd be terribly bored and would have poor behavior and attention span because of that.  Also, Creekside doesn't have the resources that Johnson does - they only have one special ed teacher and a couple of aides.  I believe Aidan needs to start out where he'll leave off this year, doing about an hour or two in the mainstream classroom WITH an aide and be in first grade.  He needs to work into a full day in the mainstream class with an aide, and then slowly have the aide with him for less and less time each day.  We'll have an IEP meeting at the end of April or beginning of May and you can bet your britches I'll be insisting that things happen the best way for Aidan to succeed.