It seems the crisis has passed, although I have had to email the band director to find out the current assignments, and to ask him to make changes to his last quarter grade based on the tests I had sent him on video. I think “maintenance” will be required within our new arrangement, but I don’t think they will again try to steamroll me into something that just isn’t right.
The tuba has arrived, and I again thank all of my readers that tried to help. I actually found a decent one on ebay, and it is a smaller, easier size for The Boy to handle. It isn’t pretty, but it does work, and hopefully we can work from where we are now.
According to the director, The Boy has begun playing more in class, but is still having problems starting with everyone else. I had asked to come in and take video to do some reverse modeling, as suggested by the autism specialist, but the director was not comfortable having me come in to do that – just wanted me to “explain” to The Boy when to start playing. So we continue to play this game, with him pretending like he is making accommodations and modifications, when he really just doesn’t get it, and isn’t going to lift a finger to try.
But I see progress, and I’ve stopped them from going down the usual path when they encounter a kid who “doesn’t meet the criteria,” so maybe, just maybe they’ll think twice before doing it to the next kid.
Simple. I Just Do. 