Schools diagnosis but no direction

 Here is my handsome son in Grade 3. 

 He loves swimming, and smiling for mommy.  He loves video games, action cartoons, and legos.

In kindergarten he was diagnosed with Sensory Processing Integration Disorder.  He got some  therapy at school with time in sensory room; swinging in a cocoon swing, getting squished through a pressure contraption.  I was quite impressed with the room and the resources there.  Well, after kindergarten it was a fight for him to get any time in this therapy room.  In grade 1 I was told by the special needs coordinator at his school that he needs to just deal with it.  That as he gets into the older grades he just needs to learn how to cope on his own. 

I was upset with that response when it was the school who did the testing and diagnosis then simply says he will need to just deal with it as he grows up.  He is expected to function and learn like any other child in class that hasn't got any sensory issues.  And his report card shows that he is struggling. 

Last year we sought some answers from our pediatrician.  We had his teachers at school fill out some questionnaires from a neuro pediatrician, and they all came back that he was in the hyperactive category.  We filled out our questionnaires and sent them away.  The lady in charge of the special needs aids, and therapy was very opposed to us doing this testing, stating that he was fine and didn't need this.  I wasn't quite sure her qualification for making such an uneducated diagnosis and am still wondering if she stopped any further testing. 

Now we are here in Grade 4.  He is a very smart kid and is doing well academically.  All his issues are with behavior; with listening, focus and working well with others.   He is our oldest and is great with his younger siblings.  He has responsibilities like his chores that he does efficiently.  He is a very friendly outgoing kid.  So, school is a very negative place for him. An environment that demands he sit at a table with 5 other kids and still focus to do his work.  A place where he is  bullied for wearing glasses, but when I talk to his teacher she refuses to admit he is being bullied.  Public school system that makes diagnosis but fail to provide any help past kindergarten.  And with people who are there to help our kids standing against further testing when he is having a hard time focusing. 

My husband has severe ADD and is still needs medication to function productively.  He sees a lot of himself in our Meatball.  He understands the difficulties that he is having in the classroom.  I have been seriously considering home schooling. 

Well, parent teacher interviews are next week and we will be taking a team effort to get through to his teacher about our concerns.