Next week I'll be going to a meeting about ds1 starting school in September. Also at the meeting will be ds1's playgroup staff, the Early Years worker, our lovely SALT, the SENCO, the primary school Head, and possibly one of the Reception class teachers. This will be an ideal opportunity for me to bring up any potential problems that ds1 may have when he starts school.
I've already taken ds1 to see the inside of the school. When we first arrived he got a little bit overwhelmed and just lay down on the floor. No tantrums or screaming or anything like that. Luckily this happened while the Reception teacher was in the same room so she's had a small idea of how he reacts when things get too much.
The teachers were surprised at how 'normal' he seemed and said how good it had been to finally get to meet him. I also had a chance to look around the Reception classroom to see if there were any potential problems. The only real problems I could see was the fact that they had a computer in the room (ds1 is almost obsessive about them and will quite happily log on to ours and then re-arrange all the settings) and that they had a Noisy Corner (Ds1 has hypersensitive hearing). Apart from those things I think he will do very well there.
So, the meeting is next week and it's been so long since I was at school ( ) that I'm finding it hard to think of all the things he might need help with. What particular problems do your ds's/dd's have in a school environment? How are they resolved or how do you WISH they were resolved? Is there anything else I should mention during the meeting? HELP!!!