Thomas had his play based assessment(MFE..multi-factored evaluations) this past Monday~ this is a part of the transition for Thomas to start preschool. I think it went well...I met with the school psychologist while Thomas played with one of the school's SLP's. While I sat and answered questions I could hear Thomas talking and carrying on conversations with the SLP. He played for about 30minutes and than he was finished I heard him say "I done...I go see my Mom".
I have had to fax a few papers over and they are waiting for some test results from Thomas' SLP ~ I am waiting for the call to schedule the IEP meeting. I am pretty sure that he will be eligible for their services based on his hearing loss alone. We took a tour a few weeks ago, met a few teachers and that went well. All of the teachers have masters degree's and the teacher that Thomas would have has alot of experience with deaf/hoh children (and kids with CI's). There is a school a few cities away that we are also interested in. We still have to tour that school and speak with their principal.
I was surprised when the psychologist told us that Thomas would be starting school right after he turns 3 (April 18th). I thought we were going to wait until the start of the new school year. I figure if they do want him to start next month, we'll send him and see how it goes. I don't like the fact that Thomas will be put in a class where students have been in school for the past 7mths. They know the routine, they have their own schedule and they know the rules. This, of course, brings up a few more questions for our IEP meeting!
I think about where we were 2.5yrs ago...almost lost in a world that we knew little about! The only thing we knew for certain was that our baby was deaf ~ these past few years have gone by quickly. Our little boy is getting ready for school ~ I'm not sure if I'm ready for that, yet!
I have had to fax a few papers over and they are waiting for some test results from Thomas' SLP ~ I am waiting for the call to schedule the IEP meeting. I am pretty sure that he will be eligible for their services based on his hearing loss alone. We took a tour a few weeks ago, met a few teachers and that went well. All of the teachers have masters degree's and the teacher that Thomas would have has alot of experience with deaf/hoh children (and kids with CI's). There is a school a few cities away that we are also interested in. We still have to tour that school and speak with their principal.
I was surprised when the psychologist told us that Thomas would be starting school right after he turns 3 (April 18th). I thought we were going to wait until the start of the new school year. I figure if they do want him to start next month, we'll send him and see how it goes. I don't like the fact that Thomas will be put in a class where students have been in school for the past 7mths. They know the routine, they have their own schedule and they know the rules. This, of course, brings up a few more questions for our IEP meeting!
I think about where we were 2.5yrs ago...almost lost in a world that we knew little about! The only thing we knew for certain was that our baby was deaf ~ these past few years have gone by quickly. Our little boy is getting ready for school ~ I'm not sure if I'm ready for that, yet!