Packing is going well and I hope to be done by next weekend except those last minute things. The thing I dread most about this move is getting the boys registered and settled into their new school. A new school year is always a challenge and changing schools and informing them of my kids needs is yet another battle I will have to fight. Hopefully since it’s a fairly small school they will be able to be more accommodating than some of the larger schools.
The largest issue we may have is in getting support of an EA for youngest who is high functioning autistic who is going into 2nd grade. They had set up a minimal amount of support for him by the end of the school year at his old school and I knew this fall I would have to fight for more but now I feel like I’m starting from the beginning again. The new school will need to learn both the good and the bad. The good thing is it is within the same school board region so they at least will have the records fairly quickly. How do you put it positively to the teacher that if they push my son too hard and watch for his cues they could soon be within his line of fire as he is big on physical aggression. Unfortunately the physical aggression has really started to come out early in new public situations with and without myself present which has caused some great concerns for those who are around him most often. Also youngest does not have an IPRC yet or a definitive IEP as he didn’t have a diagnosis until 1 week before school ended so that will also have to be tackled this fall.
The worst for the oldest will be the anxiety of a new school. It is my hope that he will get an excellent teacher who can make him feel comfortable but not coddle him.
The boys are very excited about moving into a house and actually have green space to run around in. There are also many parks in our new neighbourhood. One weekend I took them for a drive by of 7 parks in the area. We stopped and played at 3 of them. There are many more parks to explore.
I’ll just be glad when this move is over and we are all settled in!
