I've been rather busy at work, and had not been able to read up on the book I borrowed. But I do want to finish that, so perhaps I'll use the church retreat time to complete the book.

Otherwise, I had been discussing about a boy with some of my colleagues, and wondering about the best kind of help for him. I believe that he will need multi-disciplinary help at the end of the day, but it would require his family to recognise that he needs some kind of specialised help. From a outsider's point of view, the most logical step is to send the boy for the necessary assessments, and perhaps enrol him into a special needs school if he shows to need it. But, I think, from the family's point of view, they would want to keep him in the mainstream as long as possible, because perhaps, there is a stigma tied to being in a special needs school. Is it more harm and help, I wonder. Sometimes I wonder how I would feel or react if i were to know that my child has a learning difficulty. How would you react? What kind of stigmas are tied to children with learning difficulties?