Dust off last years IEP.....

School is about to start up soon....too soon for some, not soon enough for others! Time to get your WISH LIST updated on the things you want to make sure GO RIGHT for your Child this coming school year!

Close your eyes and start typing out what you know your Child can and should be able to do in a year from now....with help from teachers and school of course! This is my annual ritual I do for my daughter, I ponder on what my hopes and dreams are for her to be able to accomplish in a school year. I take from those and try to get them inserted as her new updated IEP goals for the coming year.

Creating 'the plan'....the plan of action so that what did or did not happen last year doesn't happen all over again if it wasn't the right things. A new school year is before us, a clean slate to start on. Who will her teacher be, still don't know, how will it be now that her school will be doing the new 'departmentalizing' of all 3rd to 5th graders, all changing classes every hour just like in middle school. How is this going to work out for my little girl that could possibly have 'transition problems'....but then again...maybe she will do just fine. How will all the different teachers accommodate her in each of their classrooms? So many concerns for a little girl that already has a hard enough time 'keeping up' let alone needing to change gears with a different teacher every hour! How will each of the teachers teach her? Will she be in the back of each of the classrooms with her aide doing all the 'teaching'? That is not what inclusion is suppose to look like. I so hope all of the teachers embrace my little girl and her unique learning style and will allow for good collaboration between all of us involved.

So get out those IEPs and look them over, cross out with a big black marker the goals that are not ACADEMICALLY strong enough to help your Child learn how to READ and do MATH and all the other academically sound standards that you know your Child should and could be able to do a year from now. Get back to basics and make sure your Childs IEP goals TEACH ACADEMICS this year!

Collabortion and communication is the key to a successful school year for sure! Looking forward to a new school year and leaving last years behind.....!