Early Childhood Special Education

Yesterday was the meeting with the staff at Noah's school. Say what you will about most government/state run programs, but this one is amazing. Our 2 hour meeting was with his new teacher, our 2 old therapists, the new speech pathologist who will work with him, the nurse, and the head of the program. Noah's class will be for medically fragile children with a nurse present at all times.

We also got some sobering news as we do every time we assess Noah's current skill set; In tests to assess his cognitive, adaptive, social, communication, and motor skills where the average score is around 70%, Noah's scores are around 3%. We have a long road ahead to help our Mr-very slow-and-steady learner. It's when we test his levels that I worry about his future, I have to remind myself that we have to just focus on today and maybe tomorrow. Always looking at the little picture (i.e. not hitting, and learning more communication) as opposed to the big picture (will he ever be able to be independent?).