Understood helps with Understanding

https://www.understood.org/en


This is a fantastic website for anyone dealing with learning and attention issues. It's not only full of great articles, but the creators have designed a section called "Through Your Child's Eye".  This section contains a number of simulations relating to some of the main learning or attention issues addressed on the website.  Trying some of the games really opened my eyes to the difficulties Ryan may experience on any given day.  Now, trying to imagine my entire day, all day, every day, struggling like this left me exhausted.  I could not imagine dealing with some of these experiences all day long!

Week One Done!

Well, my little man completed his first week at Pickering Christian School and the Arrowsmith Program.  We've had a number of tears and meltdowns but, all in all, things haven't gone too badly.  Ryan is getting used to his new demands and routines.  Let me tell you, his new routines are quite demanding!  He has gone from no homework to 40 minutes per day.  Starting next week that will change to 70 minutes per day, 6 days per week!  The journaling is his biggest challenge...trying to come up with topics each day is difficult.  The other challenge is having to do his exercises SLOWLY.  Ryan likes to rush through everything! It's all good lessons for him just the transition is difficult.  Having said that, not one time has he ever even mentioned the words quit, can't, don't want to go to school tomorrow.  He's showing that he has great strength of character.  It's pretty cool!