Taking the Scenic Route

OK, this is good news, just stressful for me. 

It looks like Zane might start school with the regular kids.  It isn’t the ideal situation, and the IEP isn’t in place, but the school sounds willing to work with us without the IEP as they work to get it in place, and there is a consensus between people who really know Zane well and the SpEd coordinator that he is probably ready enough to make this leap.  It isn’t ideal, but it sounds like they are going to make the process as smooth as possible even without the IEP.  They have a teacher in mind that should be really good with him and they think he will do better if he starts out with everybody else rather than waiting until October when all the other kids have already set themselves in a routine. 

I am taking deep breaths and trying not to panic.  The main person making these recommendations knows Zane very well, has had him for therapy for about a year now, and saw him in his preschool.  She also really cares about him on a personal level, which means a lot to me.  I am really working to not be too much of a hover mother here.  I will go to the school either tomorrow or the next day to enroll him.  He starts next week.  AAAAAHHHHHHH.

Zach and I know that if it isn’t working, we can always pull him and wait until everything is in writing, but we know that having it in writing doesn’t guarantee everything will work, and good teachers don’t need the paperwork to make it work.  I am working to have faith that she really is a good teacher and it will work. 

Wow, this mom stuff is really hard sometimes.