A year later, Aiden qualifies for OHI--other health impairment!
Is that a good thing?
Last year at Aiden's IEP meeting, we met with the psychologist (and other members of his "team") to see if Aiden qualified for more help at school.
He didn't.
I walked away from that meeting knowing that Aiden needed more support than he was going to get. After an hour outlying Aiden's weaknesses, they STILL didn't feel Aiden qualified for an "educational diagnosis" (OHI).
THAT IS EXACTLY WHY I PULLED HIM OUT OF SCHOOL.
This year, after 2.5 hours + 2 additional hours with the psychologist (and a whole lot of paperwork), he qualifies! It helps to have a new, PROACTIVE team on Aiden's side!
Why am I excited about a new "diagnosis"? Because, I want Aiden to return to school, and when he does, he will need 1:1 support to help him learn. I know that because I am currently his teacher, and I have 2 other women helping me teach my son. Lessons are so tough. We are a year behind, and the information is still so challenging for him. Aiden is reading independently at a 1st grade level (technically in 4th grade). He struggles with spelling words correctly (although he recognizes when they are spelled right), and he can't put information together to answer a question (math is so tough). Putting him in 4th grade was NOT the right answer, and I'm so grateful I listened to my heart and found a different way to teach him.
The school said "no". I said, "then I will find another way!" And I did!
"And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them."
1 Nephi 3:7
