Guest guest Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Hello Everyone. Gretchen's IEP meeting will be in two weeks. I have been doing a lot of thinking and reading of what I would like to see in her IEP this year. Gretchen will be 5 in November, so she is in her 3rd year of preschool and presumably off to Kindergarten next year. I would like to include a goal on social inclusion. Has anyone else had one included? If so, do you mind sharing some of your ideas? Also, Gretchen's preschool is only 2 1/2 hrs a day for 4 days a week. She receives 1 1/2 hours a week of pullout sessions for PT and Speech. She has another 1 1/2 hours a week of in class therapy session. So there is little time left in the classroom. I have asked the teacher to see if we can have one or two of her pullout sessions before or after her preschool class. That would give her more time in the class to hopefully accomplish our social inclusion goal. Anyone with experience on this? Thanks in advance for your response. Inga Wronski Mom to (9) and Gretchen-DS & a (4.9) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Inga, When was in pre-school (and even Kindergarten), I was told that she was only eligible for "1/2 day services" meaning anything/everything they were going to give her would have to happen in those 2 1/2 hours a day. That is largely why I continued private therapies. I let school be school (with 1/2 hour a week OT, 1/2 hour PT) and did 4 hours a week of private therapy --OT/PT/ swim therapy or hippotherapy/ speech. It worked for us, but now she's in full day school (grade 1) so everything is different. As for social inclusion, in our state there were not preschool services for any kids without disabilities, so there were no social inclusion settings for her, until the K year. This might be different if your school has an ECAP classroom in the same school, although it was suggested to my by S's OT that sometimes the behavior in an ECAP classroom isn't anything you would want Gretchen exposed to! (I'm sure that is a huge generalization, and I apologize if it offends anyone. I'm just sharing what she told me, based on her experience) Good luck on her IEP!! Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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