School Update: K

Things are always a bit challenging when you're talking about IEP meetings (Individualized Education Plan for students with special needs). We had one at the end of the school year for K, but left with a bad taste in our mouth. K met none of her goals or objectives for the 2005-2006 school year. At the meeting, she was placed in the same sort of setting. After much deliberation, we contacted the head of the early childhood program and asked for a new meeting. We met and discussed some alternate placements and felt much better about the response from the school and the staff. I look forward to meeting her new teacher and seeing a change with her in a new environment. My one concern is that she will be attending school with kids who have more disabilities than the kids in her class this year. I want to make sure she will be continually cognitvely challenged while learning her communication device and preparing for kindergarten.