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Today's Orientation

Today's orientation went very well! I really do think it's going to be a great school for Matthew.

We met with Matthew's teacher (he's young and sorta cute ) and two aides, all of whom were SUPER nice! There are 8 kids in his class (including 3 girls, which I'm glad about, since a lot of these programs are almost all boys and I thought he would miss the mix of genders). There's a full kitchen in the classroom, so he can bring anything he wants for lunch and they'll cook it for him! So he'll get to eat his little Trader Joe's pizzas! I think that will really help his behavior in the afternoons, to eat a real lunch. He has never eaten more than fruit or at best yogurt for lunch at school and these days he really NEEDS to eat! They also serve them breakfast everyday as a group, and snacks, and they provide all drinks, even for lunch.

The teachers meet each kid at the bus every morning, so they are escorted to class right from the beginning. Specials are all done as a class, with no other classes, so it'll just be the 8 kids at gym and music and art. That is SO great, as Matthew used to have such a hard time in the gym with 40 kids (2 classes at a time) in it!

Matthew didn't talk too much during the meeting (he hates these situations when people pose direct questions at him, even innocuous stuff like "How was your summer?"), but he felt much better after the meeting. He was so nervous beforehand, so that was a real relief.

We'll see how Monday goes :)!