Those of you who are teachers, or have children in school with special needs, know how formal all the paperwork is for an IEP meeting, and we had one the final week of school for the twins. Their teacher, speech therapist, and additional speech therapist, and school nurse (who also happens to be the nurse at the big kids' school) were in attendance.
The entire meeting they told me how well the twins were doing. That they had met all of the goals from the paperwork I'd brought up from Texas, and that they thought the twins were misplaced.
I was inclined to agree. Their placement was in a special education classroom. Which they were in a class with other children with varying developmental delays, and in this particular case, cognitive as well. The twins are not behind in comprehension, or motor skills, or learning ability, they truly only lack speech skills.
Juliet's vocabulary is above the average range, at least the way they tested her, and Grace is at the upper end of the range. It does explain why they were never excited about school, though they did love riding the bus.
All of the other preschool programs for their age group are full for the remainder of the year, but they are not leaving the twins out in the cold. We will go up to the school twice a week for 25 minute speech therapy sessions. This is not nearly as convenient as a bus collecting them, and I will certainly miss my 3 hours to get done chores each week, but I know this is in the twins' best interest.
And, in the coming couple of months, we will get them registered for next year, which should go much smoother, than last year since they are already in the system. = )
later days
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