William looked so sad in the new classroom that is full of toys.
Monday morning 8:00 AM. It’s first day of back to Mitchell school after 2 week break. Mrs. Hana is not teaching in the summer so William and his friends are transferred to Mrs. Heusser class which is next door, room 310. When we passed by his old classroom 309, William ran back to it and refused to go the the new room. And when we got to the new classroom he lied on the floor near by the door and refused to get in. I held him up to take him to the rug area and sat with him until Mrs. Susan took him to change diaper.
At first he just sat there without touching any toys at all. Luckily I found the foam blocks that he has been playing during the session with Ms. Diana from ABEST; he held on them for quite some time. Then finally he stood up and looked around the room.
Mrs. Heusser said there’s 15 children in the class, which is too many; and I only saw 3 teacher aids, including Mrs. Susan from Mrs. Hana class.
Summer school starts from 8:00 – 12:15 PM, which means it starts 15 minutes earlier and ends about 1 hour earlier; from July 1 – July 28. No day off on Fridays.
The children is let to stay outside the classroom and provided with the chalks to draw on the floor. William took 1 chalk, sat down on the floor but didn’t draw anything. I tried to get him draw but he didn’t comply. Maybe he’s still sleepy?
Picked him up at Michell school today, Mrs. Hana gave me a poster full of William’s fingerprints that make up all the Alphabet Animals, which I think is really nice.
I’m gonna put the poster in a frame and hang up on the wall.
The class is over but the door is still lock so I waited outside the metal fence while William and Mrs. Hana waited inside the fence. While waiting I took a few pics of William jumping up and down all happy holding Mrs. Hana’s hand.
We waited for 5 minutes for someone to open the lock on the fence. William jumped up and down with Ms. Susan while waiting behind the fence. He looked so happy, which made me happy :).
William loves this Pokemon jacket (so does Max, his classmate)
Tuesday morning, a cloudy day with light drizzling but not cold.
William woke up early today around 8:00 AM (usually I have to wake him up around 8:15 AM) so I dressed him up and took him to school a little bit early. The Mitchell school is under construction so now we have to walk a bit from the car to the classroom. Mrs. Hana said the construction will be done in the Fall.
Once got to his classroom, William ran directly to this play area after put down his backpack in his designated slot.Mitchell school is under construction, metal fences are everywhereMitchell school playground where William spends his time once a day.
William was so happy to see me waiting for him after class at Mitchell
Yesterday i was feeling so down because I could not find any ABA Services providers that meet William’s schedule. After class at Mitchell school and his nap at the daycare, he’s only available for 2 hours after 3:30 PM.
A week ago I called Morning Star ABA services, talked to a lady named Amanda and sent her our insurance info. She said she would call back but did not received any thing from her so I emailed her asking for status. She said with William’s schedule it’s hard to find available staffs. Then yesterday I called several providers from the list that HealthNet rep sent me: Bloom Behavorial Health Inc said they have a 3 months waiting list, some providers didn’t answers (Behavior Support Svc, Creative Solution for Hope) . Finally I reached down to the bottom of the list: AExceLearning Behaviorial Education Support and Training. A nice lady named To Nhu Le answered, and it turned out she’s Vietnamese. So later in the day she sent me more info about her agency and requested that I sent her our insurance and the report from RCOC.
He loves this stamp
Today I sent what To Nhu Le from AExceLearning Behaviorial Education Support and Training requested, and soon she replied that she already verified William qualification with HealthNet and that we don’t have to pay co-pay or deductibles; and that she sent in the authorization request and waiting for the answer from HealthNet.
In the mean time, I also emailed Mrs. Annette Glass from Healthnet (who sent me the providers list in the first place) and telling her that the provider AExceLearning Behaviorial Education Support and Training has staffs available for William’s schedule and that they were waiting for authorization approval.
Few minutes later, got an email from Mrs. Annette, she said she talked to To Nhu Le and authorized 8 hour assessment effective today! I’m so happy that things turn out pretty good. I’d never expect that Mrs. Annette would act so fast!
Not just that, around noon our service co-odinator Kim Than called, saying that we got approved for Day Care. Even though the amount is not much but it’s better than nothing. She also encouraged me to call the RESPITE agency to schedule for at least 1 time; which will help in the process of requesting Medical for William. Once William get approved for Medical then RCOC will cover all the RESPITE fees so we don’t have to pay anything.
This really relieves the financial burden that I’ve been feeling ever since William was diagnosed with Autism. If we have Medical we’d not have to worry about the lack of money to pay for Insurance co-pay and deductibles for doctor visits (and my boy is sick so often!).
Thursday at noon, waiting to to pick William up at Mitchell school; he came out with Mrs. Hana looking so cute with the Bunny hat and a paper bucket in his hand. So I sat him down on the rock and snapped few pictures of him :).
Mrs. Hana holding William hand to lead him out to the door
William is looking for the candies
William likes to touch the bus’s STOP sign every day after school
Wiiliam has half cup of milk every day before going to the day care.
William cried & kicked his legs when I tried to put him on the car seat to go to school. He cried out loud on the way to school. He continued to kick and cry when I tried to carry him out of the car to go to his classroom. Not sure why!
Today Tim stayed home (sick) so he was in charge of taking William to the day care after Mitchell school. He said William started to cry when he made to U-turn to get the day care.
Tuesday. Cloudy Day.
Thursday at noon, waiting to to pick William up at Mitchell school; he came out with Mrs. Hana looking so cute with the Bunny hat and a paper bucket in his hand. So I sat him down on the rock and snapped few pictures of him :).
