Today I met with the preschool supervisor, speech therapist and psychologist from the Elementary School. We all met together and they told me what the results were from the testing they did on Jonah. They told me that he is doing fine with Motor Skills and Social Behavior, but was below average in Language, Adaptability, and Cognitive Development. They said that the reason he was lower in Cognitive and Adaptability probably is because of his struggles with Language. He has good articulation, but has poor expressive and receptive language skills. The speech therapist and the preschool supervisor made some goals for him that they hope to achieve with him in a year, so we'll see how he does.
He qualifies for the program there, and they said that he can start on Monday! He will go every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for about 2.5 hours. He gets one-on-one speech coaching from the speech therapist on Wednesdays. His preschool teacher is going to be Ms. Arleen, and Ms. Diane is the teacher aide. I met them both and they seem great. His speech therapist is named Meredith. She is the one who conducted the testing on him.
Eventually, he will ride the bus, equipped with 5-point harnesses and a teacher aide to help the kids. For the first week, I am going to drive him (mostly because I am a little anxious about him going on the bus). We have a 2-week spring break after his first week of class, then he'll start going on the bus. They will pick him up and drop him off right in front of our house.
I think he will like it. He sometimes asks about "school", so I think he'll do good! We need to fill out some paperwork, get him a backpack and a few other things, and he'll be ready to go! I'll post pictures on Monday!
4 comments:
SWEET! This is so exciting! Are you going to get him a backpack with characters on it? Maybe you can find backyardigans! This will give you some more sanity with just Eden and Levi to deal with at times...this will be so cool.
I'm so glad for you and Jonah! I have a friend whose little girl goes to Early Childhood pre-school and the bus picks her up too! It will be fine. They have had really good experiences with the pre-school. I hope the same for you. Have fun picking out a backpack! And, yes, enjoy your 2.5 hours!
That is exciting. It sounds like he will love it. You will have a nice break too. He is so cute, and when he starts talking more, watch out I bet, he will probably just let it all loose and it will be "Why", "Whats that", etc. Can't wait to see the first day pictures.
Hi Connie! I can't believe after so long we've gotten in touch again. I totally remember that trip to meet you guys in Nevada and the convertible that your dad was driving:) So fun!
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