Word Wasp - let school do it, or do it better myself ??

[mrsbaffled]

Over these hols I have been doing the intervention book called Word Wasp with DS (8). Over 3 weeks I have done as much work with him as school have done in 5 months, and it's starting to make a difference. Obviously this is great! However, I don't know what to do about it...

option 1 - my initial gut reaction - is to take on the responsibility of doing Word Wasp myself so i know it's being done 'properly'.

option 2 - my friend says this is the only sensible/right thing to do - go to school and demand they teach him properly everyday... have a "what are you going to do about it??" attitude (I am rather more passive than that).

DS has 10 mins a day 1-1 time on his IEP, but it wasn't happening as it should all the time. My friend was shocked that I would even consider doing it myself as she spoke to the head before and she said that it's school's job to educate not mine. Now I disagree with that statement somewhat - DS's only so good at reading because of all the time and effort I have put in with him as well as the basic phonics etc they do at school.

I tend to just crack on with things myself. Easier than turning the education supertanker. Worth making sure the success of your big efforts are recorded alongside the failure of schools rubbish ones. If he ever needs anything 'more', his apparent previous ability to make miraculous progress with sod-all help could be used against him.

Well, I still think apples and pears is better than word wasp (having tried both)

So I think I would do both options. Do apples and pears every day at home with him and ask school to do word wasp every day with him as promised.

I've decided that school is for DS to have the opportunity for socialising with his peers and home is for education/therapy. Too many years have been wasted and the only way to be sure that a job is done properly is to do it myself. In our case it's OT excercises that'll be done at home, rather than SALT stuff but it's the same principle.

My 8 year old child CAN make real progress when it's done properly and consistently - he deserves to be given that opportunity imho. I'm too tired to go 4 rounds with the "system" yet AGAIN, and doing it myself is honestly the less exhausting option right now. The poster who described school as a "jaggaernaught(sp?)" had it right. If I don't pick my battles I'll go under, DS WILL be reading by end of year 4