Thanks for the insight and help from BB participants! Our young GD seems to be more comfortable with school (which she always seemed to like, until she was overwhelmed trying to understand). Although I was not too optomistic during the initial IEP meeting (too involved emotionally and fixed on pushing for very stringent CAMS) my daughter knew what she was doing and that this early intervention should be done now. The staff and teachers at the IEP were very supportive and open to parent input, and follow-up and it appears they are “walking the walk” to help this little girl - It is APPRECIATED! From my time with my GD I see her writting things about school which indicate her SPED has a very positive and helpful attitude in her teaching strategy .The fact that the school thing is totally on her own initiative (no prompting to talk about school) really makes me feel that good things are being done. We will continue on this road with the love of family, the help of concerned BB participants, & the excellent,caring staff & teachers! Thank you GOD for Real People!!!
Congratulations for helping getting things worked out for her! Good job!
I think you will find that every year is a new challenge in terms of educating teachers about NLD. Our experience is that it doesn’t matter whether the teachers have previous experience with NLD, as long as they are open-minded, nurturing, and willing to learn. Our worst experience has been with a teacher who _thought_ she knew “all about” NLD, and didn’t want our input on our _paticular_ child.
Karen