Kindergarten Registration!!!

Can you believe it is already that time?? We had Andrew's Kindergarten registration on Monday and we can't believe he will be starting in the fall. He did pretty well on his screening given all of his delays. We will be having a meeting to decide what class he will be placed in and to coordinate his IEP services in his new school. Luckily they dont see any reason he cannot attend to a regular classroom in that school. But it is still possible that he may be sent to a school further away in the same district that may be more able to accomodate his needs. We will definitely keep steady on sending him to the closer elementary school since all the children on our street will be going to the same school including Matthew when he starts school there. We also found out that another boy from Andrew's preschool will likely be in his class.
The screening went welll except that Andrew did not want to go off on his own for the evaluations. I quietly sat aside behind him just to keep him at ease and he did very well in not looking to me for answers. He was VERY cooperative with the teachers and tried to answer all of their questions as best he could. Of course he had some problems with the motor skill testing but did extremely well on the problem solving and speech areas. Our little chatter box passed those areas with flying colors. They were actually amazed at his knowledge in certain areas but that is pretty much normal for him since he has had many learning experiences that most kids have not at this age. Given his ability to "absorb" pretty much anything said or done around him and the amount of questions he asks, basically moves him above his peers in those areas.
Andrew was very excited to see the little boy from his preschool class show up at the screening and immediately put him at ease. We wished he had been there earlier in the testing so he could relax a bit more.

So we'll keep you updated on his progress for kindergarten and where he will be placed. We have a CPSE meeting with the school district board in April and will have a CSE meeting following that to decide his services for the school year in the fall.