It’s official... I just enrolled Bug | Autism PDD

As a public school special education student.

Parenting is very humbling, isn't it? 

The IEP went well. 

Bug will attend five days a week, for 2.5 hours.  I will be driving him.  Bus service is available if we want it (They said he will probably come home and ask to ride the bus , that all the kids love it ) If he wants to ride the bus, I will consider it, but I really want to drive him.

I met his teacher, she was so kind and calm and nice   He starts on Monday, His class is all boys!    It is just a coincidence, they started the year with three girls, but they all moved away   I'm thrilled for Bug, all boys to play and interact with.  All my friends had girls first, and he is always with his sisters...  When I visited the teacher, all the kids were riding bikes and trikes in the gym.  All of them.  In a circle !  I told the teacher that Bug doesn't ride a bike, and she said, "Oh he will!" 

I think it is the perfect fit for him.

I'm still sad, it was harder than I expected (emotionally), and easier than I expected (I really expected to have to "fight" for services, but it wasn't that way at all).  I did have to fill out an entire ream of paper, and show more personal documents than I needed to qualify for a mortgage to prove residency...

So, now we're off.  He starts on Monday...

Sounds wonderful for him:)  He will be riding before you know it

Blessings,

Shelley

GO BUG GO!!!! 

That sounds great!  And I love your kid's nick names....cute

Congratulations!  This will be good for both of you.I am sure that Bug is going to love preschool. My son had never been away from me when he started public preschool at three. It only took him one day to figure out that he liked school. After the first day he would push me out the door if he thought that I was hanging around too long when I dropped him off. Aaaah, I remember that day a year ago when we first sent Adam off to school, and I was soooo non-trusting, thinking that they didn't know him as well as I did and being a nervous wreck! He goes 5 days a week, from 8 to 11 AM class. and I thank God now that I did it. He is making such progress, he loves the interaction with the other kids and I get a much needed break. Be proud MOM!! Your son will be having fun and you can sit around the first couple of days and wonder what the heck to do with the free time!!

 

Jeff

Cool!  Good for you!  Abbie and Evie are in a 2.5 X 4 days/week class.  They seem to enjoy it quite a bit!  They ride the bus, too, but they're put in car seats on the bus.That is great My son also attends a program half day 2 1/2 hours 5 days a week.. He  really adjusted well for a child that never left my side he was off and running with the other kids.. This class has done alot for him since september.. I am sure your son will do great and yes the bus the kids love my son looked tramatized the first day but he came off that bus smiling and laughing and never have i had a problem.. Good Luck Keep us posted onhis first day..  congratulations for the both of you

That's wonderful.

 

awwww YAY for you both!!!!! I remember it being very hard on me, not so hard on them. LOL!
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