This afternoon was our meeting with our support coordinator. She brought with her a higher up supervisor who was shadowing her today and getting a feel for the needs of families in Maricopa. It was a wonderful meeting!!! The supervisor was an older gentleman with ''a few grandchildren of his own" and he had a blast with Airen and Mara. I also had Rene attend our meeting and I am so glad she was there. Found out a bunch about our school district and that it seems to be failing with the special ed department from preschool all the way up to high school level. The supervisor said we were smart to think about keeping Airen in preschool another year or getting him in a half day kindergarten program. We are applying for a state education grant for Airen to attend a private school here in Maricopa. We are pretty sure we will get the grant as no one has been denied yet. We are also looking at neighboring districts. It was also told to me that since the special ed program is failing and most likely not going to be able to meet Airen's needs that I would be able to attend another school with our home district having to pay the costs. Again something I need to look more into. We also got approval from DDD (department of developmental disabilities) to pay for summer camp for Airen. They will approve 20 hours a week for a camp. I will be able to look through the approved camps and chose where I want him to attend. This was great news for us!!! Our support coordinator and Rene have also offered to attend out next IEP (Individual Education Plan) meeting at the school and help advocate for Airen's educational needs. Again I was so excited to hear this because I've spoken to other advocates that want to charge $100-200/hour.
So all in all it was one of the better home visits with DDD and a lot was accomplished. Yeah us!!!!
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