IEP Meeting

This week we had Hannah's IEP meeting to determine her placement and goals for the year. Sometimes IEPs can get very emotional and upsetting to the family, but I am happy to report that Hannah's IEP was very smooth and happy. She will go to Head Elementary School's preschool program which is where we wanted her to go. All of the goals that I would have gotten ugly about if they were not included were already written prior to us getting there. Her goals are a nice mix of things I think she will accomplish easily and some that will be a challenge. Her teacher is young but seems very nice and excited to have Hannah. I am going to bring Hannah to class next week so that she can meet her teacher and see where she is going to go. Hannah will start the Tuesday after Labor day and will go to school 4 days a week. I decided to keep her out of school one day a week to do private therapy. Please remember us in prayer on Hannah's first day because I know I will be very emotional. I am excited about all the things she is going to learn, but it is hard to trust my nonverbal 3 yr old (by then) to stranger. Thank you for always remembering Hannah and our family in your prayers. They have sustained us through all of this.

EVALUATION RESULTS

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, HANNAH DID AWESOME AT HER EVALUATION! She was very vocal. She was hitting switches, making choices, and generally doing anything they asked her to do. They would tell her to hit the red button and she would, and then hit the green one and she did that too. All the evaluators just loved Hannah. They all made commits about how beautiful she is, how sweet she is, about her eyelashes, and her curly hair. They kept saying that whatever teacher she got was going to be so lucky.
The best news is that they all agreed that she will NOT go to the center and will probably go to the preschool class at the elementary school we want her to go to. The thing that meant the most to me was when the lady that was testing her cognitive ability said, "I want you to know that even though her scores are going to come back very low b/c she physically can't do what the test is asking her to do, we all agree that her actual cognitive ability is at or above where it should be." I have always felt that way, but to hear her say that just melted my heart. Her IEP meeting will be on Aug 25th. This meeting will officially decide which class she is going to go into and what her goals will be for this school year. She will then start school we think on the Tuesday after Labor Day. Thank you all for your continued prayers.

EVALUATION

Hey just a reminder Hannah's evaluation is a week from tomorrow August 11 at 9 am. Based on the results of this eval. will determine what class she will go into for school. Please pray that she will really show all of the things that she can do. Pray that she will not be shy or scared. Please be in prayer that the very best class for Hannah will be very clear and that she will really blossom in this class.