Aditya had his very first day of MAINSTREAM school yesterday. Will he continue? Too soon to tell... but he rocked on his first and second day, and we celebrated him by singing a song specially made for him!
Yesterday, we had been with Aditya through the day. Today (on day#2), we dropped him at his classroom, then walked back with mixed feelings of pride, confidence, as well as the "Really? Is he ready for this?" feeling. I came to work. Mom picked him up from school around noon. I called them a little later. I was amazed as he told me enthusiastically about so many things that had happened today... from the story that was read in the class to the "Back to school" concert he got to watch in the playground! We don't know if he is taking interest in his peers as yet... but he is clearly "taking in" all that's happening around him. He was tired in the process (which he said to Mom when she picked him up)... but he is enjoying... as opposed to running away from... the experience called "school".
That said, we think he is having a challenge following multiple step, composite instructions at the speed of a mainstream kid-- and being surrounded by 30 other kids his age is not helping. We look forward to practicing this in our playroom so he can have more fun doing this!
He also reportedly had a difficulty finding the way back from the play-area to his class. We plan to go there tomorrow and have fun figuring out just that!
So far, Aditya has done amazingly well in trying this hard, and he continues to tell us he is enjoying school. We celebrate him for this! We also know we want to help him figure out the stuff we neuro-typicals assume everyone everywhere somehow knows!
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