It is so hard for me not to be in control of things. My son is in a private school just for kids with disabilities. They are super nice there, and much better than my SD! There motto is beyond potential, and I love that!
Anyway, I started a home ABA program for my ds and have a lady that flies in once a month. She is now expecting and won't travel anymore past Dec. Not to mention my therapists have mostly moved on-one is even a sped teacher. Now it is totally up to school for my son's education. It makes me nervous not to know what exactly is going on. His teacher is really nice and communicates well, but I always want him to be challenged. He is easily complacent and prefers not to challenge himself. It is going to be a rough transition for me, so please if anyone knows good ways to stay connected and trust school please let me know what has worked for you.
Unannounced visits are always good for peace of mind. Observing him at school will help you feel more secure about what's going on when you're not there.
I was just going to say that...we pop in for lunch or whenever with treats...the kids love it and we can peek in on what the kids are doing. They never know when or which one of us it is.I wrote in another post about communication notebooks. Obviously, they could make this stuff up - but that is unlikely. Notebooks are a way of finding out what has gone on in your child's day and you can also write back so that the teachers might have a "heads up" if there is something stressful happening in your child's life or you can write suggestions as to techniques that might work.
Definitely unannounced visits as well!