He is in speech therapy now and he turned 4 in Oct 2012 so he should have gone to JK this past Sept. Mom said that the family dr is the one pushing to get him into a centre where he will have access to a resource teacher therefore having more one on one. I have been struggling with the notion of letting him go because he is the oldest in care by over a year the next youngest will not be three until the end of January, and then I have a 2.5 yr old, 2 girls that will be 2 next month and a 19 mth old. So ideally he SHOULD be with children his age. I had a child with PDD in my care a few years ago and the resource teacher and speech therapist both came to my home to work with him, it was really chaotic at times and I am not willing to do that again. If this boy gets in to a regional centre, he can stay there and do his kindergarten programs there and then go into regular school at age 6. I told his Mom that this is the best thing for him since due to my varied and young group, it is really hard to give him the one on one attention he needs to catch up. And honestly, I think being with such a young group is detrimental to his development, even though the two almost two year olds use the potty successfully almost all day and can communicate effectively, the other children are still younger by 18 mths or more.

































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