As we gear up for the holiday break, I'm happy to report that 4th grade Asher has made a lot of progress as a student. His special needs, development delays, and behavioral issues were already causing problems before he lost his kindergarten year to COVID, preventing him from the socialization and instruction of that critical on-ramp to school (and, for that matter, 1st grade was in person but interrupted many times by quarantines, illnesses, and such).
Since then, he's had the support of his two parents and a bevy of educators at school, particularly to get caught up in literacy. He is still reading at a rudimentary level, well below grade level. But he is making progress every week.
Even better, which has been an overall point of emphasis for his 4th grade teacher for all of her students, he is owning his role as a student, meaning that his education is his responsibility and that it is a major one to take seriously. In parallel, his behavioral disruptions have become rarer and rarer, both as he gains more coping mechanisms and as his attention is diverted to the proper tasks at hand.
We have a long way to go but have come a long way already. So I am marking and celebrating that!
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