IEP meeting results

Sorry for the delay... things have been a bit hectic in a mundane way.

We had the IEP meeting, and for the most part, it went well. Little Bug will be going to a special education preschool for 2.5 hours a day 4 days a week.

The meeting starting off a bit rocky as the school district had the IEP completed and stated that they would review it so we could sign it. Given that Nick and I had created three IEP goals for Little Bug's social, adaptive, and speech concerns, this didn't go well.

Luckily, the school backed down quickly and included our ideas. Surprisingly, the only idea they seemed hestitant to include was a goal about him sitting in a chair for at least 5 minutes. Of all the goals to argue about, that was the one I never would have expected.

They thought that if he watched other children do it, he would. We explained, and his current therapists confirmed, that it doesn't work that way. It is simply difficult for him to sit in a chair.

For additional services, he will receive 30 minuts a week of speech and OT.

As we are winding down his stay at Birth to Three, we are trying to flesh out our home program for the summer. We are getting on some waiting lists for OT, will be continuing speech therapy with his current therapist, and have asked his Autism therapist for a list of 10 things to work on for the summer.

All in all pretty successful.

Fourth of July on the other hand, was not successful. Little Bug's auditory defensiveness is increasing. He spent the whole day hiding in the bushes- first because of the airshow practice, then the airshow itself, then the fire trucks, and finally the local fireworks.

He has begun to scream and cover his ears in public whenever there is music, clapping, chopping- at restaraunts, and any other loud noise. We are unsure how to deal with this without going down the noise cancelling head phone road.

In other news, he will be three in 17 days.