I thought this might be a good place to discuss first meetings with a school and / or teacher. I will be speaking with my DD5's kindergarten teacher on Monday and I am nervous about saying and doing anything that will work against us. We have an educational consultant who strongly identifies our DD as gifted and sees all of her "issues" as gifted related and is able to come to school meetings, but is just not available at the day and time they offered. Would you go in by yourself and then reschedule, or wait until the psychologist could attend a meeting with you?
Is anyone else approaching a school for the first time soon?
I don't use the G word very often,but the psychologist does so frequently. I made the mistake of accidentally using it the other day with a mom I met and I saw her close off, freeze up, and get uncomfortable. I swear I will never say it in regular company again. It just slipped out while we were talking about ADHD like behaviors of our children. I don't want the teacher to shut down if I bring up her "advanced abilities." I'd rather it come from someone else. We do have testing and I hope that speaks for itself. My biggest concerns are about her over-excitabilities.
Anyone have any experiences to share related to meeting with teachers and schools?
TIA
