Comments on: Do These Things Now If You Have a Child With Special Needs Starting School https://www.thriftymommastips.com/five-tips-for-special-needs-families-starting-school-this-september/ Travel, Health & Family Tue, 05 May 2020 13:36:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Paula Schuck https://www.thriftymommastips.com/five-tips-for-special-needs-families-starting-school-this-september/#comment-2535 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:14:14 +0000 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/?p=858#comment-2535 In reply to Christine.

Hey Christine: is little one excited about school?

]]> By: Amy https://www.thriftymommastips.com/five-tips-for-special-needs-families-starting-school-this-september/#comment-1980 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:06:50 +0000 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/?p=858#comment-1980 I really like the “about me” book I think I will give this a try

]]> By: Christine https://www.thriftymommastips.com/five-tips-for-special-needs-families-starting-school-this-september/#comment-1938 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 03:01:33 +0000 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/?p=858#comment-1938 Oh my goodness, Paula! Thank you for posting this! My little one is starting JK in the Fall. Eeeeek! I took her to Welcome to Kindergarten Week and for the entire week of JK prep, SHE was fine! It’s Mama that’s not ready for JK!!

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.thriftymommastips.com/five-tips-for-special-needs-families-starting-school-this-september/#comment-1910 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:41:58 +0000 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/?p=858#comment-1910 Great post! My son has sensory processing disorder & his speech & communication skills are closer to a 2.5-3 year old instead of a 4 year old. (He has excellent literary skills though.)
We took photos of my son’s classroom, playground, the coat room, his teachers, the gym, the library, the computer room, the office and even the bathroom. These went in a small album. We visited the school ahead of time too, but the EA used the pictures as a reference to show my son what was coming next. He is not good with transitions and the photos helped when his ears were ‘turned off’. In noisy places he can get overwhelmed &.listening skills drop off dramatically. His JK class is all day every other day, but he does not go the whole day. He started off going for 90 minutes then gradually added chunks of time to his day. He now comes home for 90 minutes & is at
school the rest of the day.
His sensory issues have lead to a delay in toilet training too. The school has not had a problem with this. The EAs take him into the bathroom to ‘try’ and change his pullup as necessary.
Overall we have had a very positive experience with his first year of school. Definitely could use some improvements with support through the CCAC, but that’s a different story.
@BlueRaveFinn

]]> By: Mom vs. the boys https://www.thriftymommastips.com/five-tips-for-special-needs-families-starting-school-this-september/#comment-1906 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:31:23 +0000 https://www.thriftymommastips.com/?p=858#comment-1906 you are right, kindergarten is not mandatory and it’s not the right fit for every family. I know lot of families who kept their children home from JK

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