Maybe I shouldn't be celebrating too soon....but I am going to anyway. I just got word that Gabe is finally getting a specialized preschool with NT and non NT kids! Which is exactly what I have wanted since he turned 3. It's only taken a year and half...almost two years to get the darn school to listen. Gabe is going to be going to preschool M-F 9am-2pm. It's a head start program and he is going in under an IEP. The most irritating thing about this is I asked about this program back when he entered the school district special ed for speech. They told me it didn't exist. What a load of CRAP!! But I'm going to let bygones be bygones....and get Gabe moving in the right direction.
The class that he is in will have 5-6 non NT and 6-10 NT kids. There is a reg ed teacher and a sped ed teacher along with an aid. He will continue to have his IEP and will still have ST...hopefully more of a group ST as he really needs to work on social language and pragmatics. The head start ends in May but Gabe will have ESY because he has an IEP...
It all sounds perfect for him. If it doesn't work we still have the option of a class with all non NT kids. I think the head start will work better because the NT will model language and social skills...and Gabe is very HF...
I can't come off cloud nine tonight....I get so emotional over all of it....and I am just so happy!
Jessie mommy to Gabe(4.4 years ASD/CAS/SID)and baby Zane
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