Entry for February 15, 2006,
I went to that meeting today. Dh and I were both pleasantly surprised at how well things went. It was mostly informative. Nathan's teacher did most of the talking, and she was obviously acting as his advocate. She pressed the fact that he is a good boy, and not malicious or intentionally bad. She knows he can't control his outbursts, but they result from his being overcome by too much stimulation to his senses. She also spoke of how bright he is, and that his academic test scores don't reflect his true functioning level, and how unfair that was to Nathan. They are scheduling a battery of tests, that will take place over the next 60 days (that's 60 school days). That will pretty much take us to nearly the end of the school year.
We all went out, so dh and I could kind of recover from the stressful meeting, and to talk about how we felt about things. Dh and I agreed that everyone seemed to have Nathan's best interests at heart, and that if things go as they have been described to us, we might have some answers, some direction, and some help. We're both cautiously optimistic. (It's still hard to trust, but it helps to see that all of this was handled so much more compassionately than anything we have dealt with previously).
When we got home, I had an interesting message on my voicemail.
Turns out, there was a message that a place I interviewed with wants to offer me a job. Looks like I'm going back to work.
