Monday, April 1, 2019

7th grade!

Shoot, maybe 8th actually. Judge not, that you be not judged. MAT. 7:1 So, I didn't actually know that LEGALLY, Kira had to be enrolled in school. Obviously, she is too severe to attend a school, but I have heard of this "Home Hospital Instruction" before. Kira receives regional services through Alta Regional, and each year at her IPP (Individualized Program Plan), it was brought up that she *could* do a home hospital type setting as school. I always took that as a *suggestion* (lol), but since I work with her, and she has a home nurse as well, I was like, "we're good!". It wasn't until I started working at a school, and I learned that I could get into legal trouble if she was not enrolled, that I understood more. It was a grueling process full of a lot of ball dropping on both ends (mine and the school district), BUT... drum roll..... she is now officially an enrolled student! They say 7th grade due to her age, but I think my friends' boys who were born in the same month as sis, are in 8th grade. What this entails is having a special ED Teacher come to our home once a week ( more/less hours/days are do-able), for one hour. She will have any type of positive stimuli that they can offer her and that she can tolerate without flying into crazy back to back seizure mode. Now, really knowing what this is and how wonderful it CAN be for her, I am kicking myself for not doing it from jump. But isn't that the way, we parents have a LOT of regrets, and no disrespect to non special needs kiddos parents, but I fully believe that we have the possibility to have SO many more, and boy, do I. However... here we are, she is enrolled, she will get extra lovins once a week, and I'm thrilled! QUESTION, you know how a lot of schools do 8th grade graduation.. would that be cheating if I let Sis attend graduation? HAHA I mean, really, she would have only been in school for a year. But, um, heck yes, she will be there.. cap, gown, balloons, mom blowing the tootin horn, etc. Pulling out ALLLLLLLL the stops!