Kindergarten

IEP Modifications and SDIs

May 26, 2008 6 comments

As I mentioned in my previous post on our IEP, I thought it might be helpful to share some of the things we came up with to help our son next year in school. When he first started with preschool special education, I had absolutely no idea what to ask for in terms of goals [...]

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IEP Goals and Related Services

May 26, 2008 2 comments

So last Thursday my husband and I attended the IEP meeting for our son, who will be starting elementary school this fall. After a 2 hour meeting to review the Evaluation Report and go through the IEP draft they had prepared, we both left very happy with this team and their understanding of and commitment [...]

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Kindergarten Transition Process

May 13, 2008 3 comments

Well, so far I have had just one vote for a topic in the new Skribit widget I installed, and that was on the Little Guy’s transition from preschool to kindergarten [insert plea here for readers to suggest topics and/or vote on topics in the list]. I am ashamed to say the process hasn’t gotten [...]

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Kindergarten Update

March 31, 2008 3 comments

I posted last week about the decision we need to make regarding kindergarten versus first grade and got some really good input. (Thanks, CampHillGirl, Hands-Free Heart, Robin and Susan.) I also posted this question on the listserve for the local chapter of the ASA (Autism Society of America), and almost everyone who replied there was [...]

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We’re Going to Kindergarten… Or Are We?

March 20, 2008 6 comments

Last Friday, the Little Guy and I (and his TSS) went down to our neighborhood elementary school to register him for kindergarten for this fall.Some background–he actually turned five in March 2007, but we decided to delay kindergarten in favor of another year of Preschool Early Intervention. He had attended an autism support preschool program [...]

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He’s Doing “Fine”

February 19, 2008 7 comments

Our TSS went to daycare a little later today so she could stay for part of the teaching time (they have a long playtime followed by structured time at desks). We have been told he is doing fine during that part of the day and didn’t need the extra support, but she wanted to see [...]

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