Today was my end of school year meeting with Cooper’s educational support team. How cool that there are 6 adults that would gather together 4 times during the school year to discuss my little one’s progress and techniques to help him along. What a blessing!
I can not stress enough as a parent the importance of sharing as much information about techniques that work for my child with the people who are working with him all day at school. Different people have different learning styles – and even more so for kids with developmental challenges. Those information-sharing times are crucial to Cooper’s development and learning. My letting them know the techniques that I find effective and hearing back from them what works and what doesn’t is the ONLY way we are going to arrive at the best-strategy for tackling education for him. I am ever-so-thankful at the openness of relationship that I have with the school. I encourage you – whether your child has challenges or not, share information as much as possible with your school’s educational staff about what your child responds well to and what he/she doesn’t. Don’t be afraid to be open, insist upon it!
