My oldest son Bryce has a learning disability. Which has him behind when it comes to other kids his age. Back in April we were told he couldn't hear out of his left ear. He went to an E.N.T. who did a few test on his ears and even did a deep wax cleaning to see if it would help. Well after the cleaning he was able to see Bryce's ear drums are in need of surgery to repair the damage. He said Bryce a moderate hearing loss in his right ear and severe hearing loss in his left ear. Will now lately Bryce has told me "mommy I can't hear out this (left) ear at all." He is schedule to see an specialist in Denver on the first who will be doing the surgery on his ears to help bring his hearing back and repair his ear drums.
Bryce has been in school since August 10. They wait til TODAY to call me and tell me my son is not listening. That he does completely fine only when a teacher sits right in his ear. That they have moved him three times and he is not keeping up with the other kids. What annoys me is. When I ask if they looked at his paper the lady got quiet. Said "oh I didn't think his hearing was that bad." I'm glad they called me. They were wanting to make him skip P.E. and Recess in til he was able to sit in his chair and pay full attention. Will that would have done completely nothing. I had to explain to them that it doesn't matter where they put my child. If his teacher walks away to the other side and talks he can not hear. So this lead into a 30 minute phone conference of me basically repeating when they should have known from his folder. That he needs more attention then other children and will need to be spoken directly to understand when she wants him to do.
What annoys me is that instead of calling me sooner. They wait til they had removed him out of his class and wanted to punish him for something he can't help. If they would have checked his folder they would have understood better what he was going through. Or even called me sooner. She even suggest that he had a.d.d in til I corrected her about his hearing problems. Ugh, I was fuming and trying to keep my temper under control. Yea let's blame it on a.d.d. I hate that school just assume your kid needs meds instead of trying to understand what he is going through. I hope the school year gets easier. They said they would work on it with him. Now that they understood better. I told them I would keep them updated from his doctor apt. and surgery. He most likely will need a hearing aid after surgery to help him. Hopefully Bryce will be able to focus and understand the assignments better.
Now I'm sitting here waiting for his actual teacher to call me like I requested. So that I may help her understand better on what he needs to learn. I'm looking up ways myself to help him focus and learn around the house.
