No, she doesn’t sleep during the day, but I have been letting her sleep later due to falling asleep so late. All I need is a cranky child all day (also she is in puberty, so God knows what those hormones are doing).

None of her teachers ever showed a concern about Aspergers, but my husband is a teacher (high school though, not elementary), and God knows they are overworked. Plus, last year was the first year her math & science teacher taught a subject (math) to be evaluated on the state assessment test(STAAR), which only the state legislators seem to think was the best idea ever and parents, teachers, students, probably principals too hate. Her teacher had moved from teaching a pre-STAAR grade (2nd grade) to 4th grade with the STAAR and was likely terrified of having low scores in the district. This teacher was also my daughter’s homeroom teacher, and they spend more time with the students than the other teacher (language arts and social studies, in my daughter’s case).

For a change, I think the school will have finally had the same counselor for 3 years in a row. Maybe I can ask her about an evaluation. The thing is my daughter is very high functioning in a lot of ways. Yes, she cried at the side of the playground during recess in kindergarten but in first grade made 2 best friends, one girl which is the most people smart child I have ever met. Last year, when her friends had a separate recess, she began playing with another girl in her class.

But yeah, there are things that really upset her, such as when she has finished a series of books and can’t just go to the library and check out a book in the same section. Her teachers all tell me she hates any change in routine, be it a fire drill or a special program on staying safe on the internet. I will see if the counselor can guide me to some low cost evaluations or occupational therapy.