Classroom observation

Jon and I went to La Tierra this morning to observe the possible placements for Nate. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the special day class. The class size was good (about 8 children to one teacher with one assistant), and I saw no behaviors, acting out, or stimming going on. Some of the kids were talking to each other and interacting. I think Nate would do well in there. The small group IBI setting (where they have stations set up with two to three children per therapist and they supposedly work very specifically on each child's goals) wasn't as pleasing, though: it was a bit chaotic feeling in there, the children seemed to have more issues, and the therapists weren't interacting very well with the kids. I'll have to think more about that one.

After having gone today, I am actually less sure about what I'd like to ask for for Nate. Before, when I thought the SDC was going to be full of lower functioning kids, I was against it. Now, when I see that it has some good components, I'm not sure.