IEP for Kindergarten

Not to sound pompous or anything, but again, I wish to brag about my kid for a moment.

Alex is VERY smart.

Thursday, Tony and I went to his annual IEP (Individualized Education Program) meeting at his school, and we set up some new goals for him for Kindergarten. The main goal is that we would like him to understand that we want him to share what he knows with us, because we just want to know that he knows it. Right now, he will not just outright show you what he knows, and it is very difficult to get him to say, "Hey! I know how to do that!". Also, this will be very important in Kindergarten because the teacher wants them to understand that they can learn from each other just as much as they can learn from her, so Alex will have to learn how to explain what he knows to those that might have trouble with it. He will have Camp Kindergarten and Jump Start over the summer, as well as meeting a few times with Mrs. Spann. This should help him to transition into the new world of being a Kindergartner.

We are also going to work on more social skills. Since he is right where he needs to be with the academic part of what is expected of him in Kindergarten (and maybe more advanced than he is expected to be), we are going to work on getting him to use his language more to do things like tell us what he thinks about things, put words to emotions, and even work on asking for more things.

Also new in Kindergarten, he will have gym class, art class, music class, along with his speech therapy and occupational therapy. At the moment, we are not sure who his aid will be for next year, however, we are all on the same page with thinking that the aid will only be there until he gets into his routine, and then he will not really need the aid anymore. Now I must really face the truth- My little boy is growing up!

On Thursday, Alex spent the night with Aunt Amy. He got sick and slept a lot, and stayed there until Saturday. He had a pretty good time from what I heard. I think it was really good for him, even though it was not in his regular routine so now he is punishing us by being difficult. This gave Tony and I time to go to a concert, to a movie, go bowling, and remember that we are more than just parents. We missed Alex a lot though, and we got him two new books. We had family time on Saturday night and all day Sunday, even though Alex still was not feeling the greatest. We can tell he missed us too, because our hugs were just a bit tighter than normal.

There is nothing really major going on in Alex's life this week, so this will give him a chance to relax and get back into his routine. He is always much happier when he is in his routine.