The ball is REALLY rolling now....

I mentioned in this post that I had finally been contacted by the school district and the process to see if D would qualify for services had started.  Well, today I had the first meeting to decide where to go with the new information.  Well, ONE REPORT is basically all it took to hear that yes, Dylan will qualify for services.  ONE REPORT!

The teacher in charge of D's "review of existing data" would like to observe him 1 or 2 times at school and possibly work with for a bit since she'll be writing the IEP.  We are also going to bring in an OT to do another evaluation.  I think that's a good idea since I was less than thrilled with the OT we had last time for several different reasons.

I also did get some validation (for lack of a better word) that the last round of evaluations did have a lot of question marks on how it was done, things that happened, etc.  I'm trying really hard to not be too upset over that....it's more important to focus on what we can do now and get him set up for next year.

The school district has 60 days to complete what ever evaluations and observations they want to do and then we'll meet to write the IEP and go from there.  

To say that I am relieved doesn't even begin to explain how I'm feeling.    I know that having a IEP and supports in place for Dylan doesn't guarantee that it will be smooth sailing when he gets to kindergarten...I know there will be bumps in the road but hopefully this will make things a little more smooth for him.