In home observation with school's SP and psychologist

We had an in home evaluation with the school district’s psychologist and speech therapist this morning and it went really well.  They are wonderful and are so willing to work with Thomas.  They were asking a lot of questions to him, which he wasn’t responding to, so I asked if they had any questions for me.  Children with SM sense expectation and it is hard for outside people to understand this.  They are not going to do well if you start asking them direct questions like you could with "normal" kids.  You really can't do a standard evaluation.  They need to feel that the pressure is off them and they can do things on their terms.  Once the pressure was off him, he started talking a little bit and bringing up things that interested him.  they were able to get some of the information they needed by watching him and I interact together.   

On June 19^th we are meeting to review all the evaluations he has had by the district and go over the IEP.  Very excited to work with this school next year!