We have a proposed meeting at the end of February with school officials for Julia IEP (Individualized Education Plan) for Julia's next school year. She had benefited from having an aide this year andspeech/ESL therapy at school. OT (occupational therapy) at school might be a good thing for her aswell. I am trying to figure out what else I need to know to add to this meeting.
Our two biggest areas of concern are her lack of social skills and her inability to be outwardly directed. We are working on the second concern every day -- our family work is usually about doing something that Julia would not consider doing by herself and trying to keep her at it beyond her interest time. I think of it as stretching her willingness to do outwardly motivated activities.
I have not really started working on social skills. We need to expose her to kids, to show her how to play with them, and I think, we should also be showing her our own socializing as well. This is a challenge for me but I am writing it down here to move me to do something. To stretch myself a bit -- after all, I have sucha good role model.
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That's the thing isn't it? Tim and I are such introverts - and wouldn't you know it, both our girls seem to be extroverts. I find myself doing to most amazing things with them....
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