Hello friends! Sorry we've been away for a while but it's been a busy week of planning for school and getting everything ready. Arianna is almost finished with her first week of FIRST GRADE and she seems to be liking it...although homework isn't being sent home until next week, then she may change her mind a bit. :O) The early morning wake up and take off for school is still an adjustment for us both but we hope in time we can get it a little smoother soon.
I've spoke with her new ASD teacher and we have already scheduled a meeting to update her IEP from end of last school year as allot of it needs to be changed around. We'll meet on the 29th of this month as I have requested that Arianna be mainstreamed with her General Education first grade class with a full time para professional. My hopes is that everyone will agree to gradually increase her time from 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 hours per day to 90% or more in the next month or two. Since Arianna can use the toilet at school as well as follow along with her 'typical' peers, there should be no problem in my mind. However, public school system isn't always staffed appropriately so we will certainly keep our blog posted. Other changes I'm looking for is WAY more one on one speech and occupational therapy for handwriting skills - she's come a VERY long way over the summer and we will take every opportunity to build on her strengths this year and into the next.
Starting tomorrow, Arianna will be able to stand in line in the lunch room and purchase her milk with her own quarters for her lunch which she should enjoy as well as learn from it too. I hope for her to make lots of new friends at school this year...something I've always dreamt of...well, companionship is something I think we ALL long for isn't it?
Due to a death in the family, we had to miss our appointment for NAET with Terry on Wednesday, but hope to reschedule next week if possible. We will also be doing maintenance HBOT sessions every 2 or 3 weeks as funds allow. Of course I will do my best to give her what she needs. She continues on her usual supplements, digestive enzymes, probiotics, omega oil, stem cell enhancers and colostrum but some minor changes need to be made since she is not eliminating (the fun #2's) like she needs to be. SO...back to her old diet again and an increase in enzymes and probiotics to get things 'going' properly again. Will hope things are better by the end of the week.
Next week is school pictures so we'll hope for a cute smile to post when we get the prints in a few weeks. Summer seems to have escaped us quickly as soon as September hit...so much for beach time which we missed out on from being so busy with HBOT, speech and OT all summer.
We DO plan on a fun night going to see Disney on Ice with the Princesses in October! Arianna has more than enough money saved up in her piggy bank to cover the ticket to go from not using many pullups so this is a treat I am MORE than HAPPY to give her as a reward. Hope everyone is well and will try and keep in touch when we can.
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