Now I have to figure out what happens next. All this talk of IEP teams, and decisions, and what qualifies and what doesn't qualify for services. What do I want? What will the district offer? Will I even want what they offer?
My home school district is small. They have managed their budgets as well as could be expected with the state funding cuts over the last few years, but when they don't have the money to pay for classrooms to be cleaned every night I don't think they have oodles of money to spare. So how will money affect decision-making? Their SLP is very nice, but has only worked with one CI kid, and that was more than eight years ago. How will that play into things? I want to visit the public options for deaf preschools, and they would be less of a commute, but what if they are filled with kids with limited language, and are places where Peter would not be taught to think and speak his thoughts. What if the "least restrictive" environment is determined to be the one that we have to keep paying for?
So I am feeling a bit apprehensive. And while Peter is doing really well. I don't think I could JUST do regular preschool. I think we need some kind of continuing support. Maybe that means the school or us paying for AVT once a week, and a regular preschool, and Music Together. Then there is all the drama about finding the right regular preschool!
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