Tre’s school evaluation & IEP…
okay so today Tre had his school eval. which was supposed to be to decide if he qualifies for school services (which of course we knew he does) & also to assess him to see what they would be doing at school for him. (for those of you who dont know, he is elgible for school services because he is disabled & now 3yrs. old)
so i show up at our appt. at 9am. well apparently what they were doing today was really, assessments for kids who are more borderline, which obviously Tre is not. they were not prepared for us, since they could tell just by seeing that he is in a wheelchair that he qualifies for services. they needed paperwork which they did not have, so they asked me to come back at 1pm, which was fine with me. (i say fine, but what i mean is that although i didn’t mind much i was still peeved that they were unprepared for us) i talked with the lady in charge & told her that i had called last may spoke with someone in the special education department & told them our situation & asked about when i would need to get him tested for services & they told me to wait until school started. well obviously that information was incorrect & they should have set up evals. for aug so that he could start once he turned 3.
so anyway i go back at 1pm, (& i had to take erin with me bc she was then out of school, which erin was good, but i hate having to make her go to appts with us, esp. when i need to be able to focus on what is going on) so they do all of their paperwork & paper evals. which are basically to find out what Tre is & is not capable of. but since they were unprepared for our kind of eval. there were no therapists there or vision consultants to be able to do their assessments. so they have scheduled an IEP for next wed, bc they have to do one before they start him. then he will start on thurs. but they will have to do another IEP after everyone does their assessments & also they need to get paperwork about his medical condition too.
so now i feel rushed & feeling like i have to be more on top of everything so that things are not overlooked just because they are rushing to get him in since now, he is already 3. which i appreciate that they are in a hurry to get his services started but now i am concerned about being informed of everything. & i want to be there when the therapist eval. him & all of that.
plus Tre’s school is about 15-20min away (he cant go to erin’s school bc they have special classrooms designed for medically dependent kids, & that is great but puts me in a tough spot of having kids in 2 different schools) & since we have but one vehicle (that is not doing well & i am praying that it stays in working condition until tax return time) i have to take bobby to & from work so that i can take erin to & from school & take tre to appts. which there is a bus that can take tre but i dont know the times, & it may be hard for me to be here to put him on a bus. plus i have to decide whether to put him in am or pm, erin is in am which i would like for them to go at the same time, but if they do then i have to schedule all tre’s appts for the afternoon & take erin with us. but if i put tre in the pm, then i have no chance at having a little break at all.
so anyhow this was my day & now i am filled with questions & decisions to be made on the fly!
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