Cole joins the Eagles !

We had our IEP meeting today for Cole to review his Individualized Education Plan and the services being offered by Loudoun County.  We learned today that he has been offered 5 days per week of preschool starting in September in addition to 30 minutes per week of occupational therapy and 30 minutes per week of vision therapy.  Although not official yet, we expect he will be offered placement at his "homeschool" of Potowmack Elementary where Reagan currently goes to school and where they will both go to elementary school.

The meeting went well and his goals have been set, however, we will most likely need to revise them after the teacher and therapists have some time with him to understand his needs.  I did request an Orientation and Mobility Assessment to be conducted to determine how we can make his navigation of the school as safe as possible.  When we went to Reagan's end of year party today he literally walked into a step when we were leaving because he didn't see it.  He has trouble seeing curbs and other elevation changes especially if the texture/composition of the area stays the same (the curb is the same color at both the top and bottom).  We talked about the special accommodations he may need and I am confident he will love going to school next year.  He had a lot of fun in the classroom with the other kids today and quickly made friends.  Reagan was a very proud big sister and introduced him to all her friends.  And I can guarantee he is going to love riding the school bus!  The only thing that could make next year better is if Reagan could ride the bus with him.  But we also know Reagan is going to love Compass.  We took her there to visit last week and she LOVED it.  When we were leaving the Director asked Reagan if she wanted to come back again to play.  Reagan quickly said NO.  I was mortified!  When Maggie asked why Reagan said, "I don't want to leave".

Hopefully the next time I update on the Bischoff Adventures we will post pictures of a fun vacation or something unrelated to education or a doctor's appointment!  We are looking forward to kicking off summer!  Other than work projects June and July are relatively uneventful!