Stepping back and dancing forward...

This has been a school year with many transitions for my baby girl.  The biggest of the transitions has been us choosing to step back from private occupational therapy and private physical therapy.  Instead we have chosen to focus on her dance and gym during and allow the schools to lead the OT and PT in the classroom environment.

It has been a really intense year for us as we transition from Early Intervention to private services.  We worked with the Esperanza clinic and the staff there has been amazing and awesome.  Rachel has just busted every goal they give her.  She is skipping and hopping and so forth.  I feel like we have gotten where she needs to be and now it is more about quality of movement than it is about just learning different age appropriate movements.

We still do have some concerns for her but I feel like we have a team set up at Mesilla Elementary in her DD-Pre program that is addressing those concerns.  She is still recieving private OT and PT at school and receiving class help at both College Heights and Mesilla.  I've never had such a painless IEP.  Everyone is on top of everything.

So instead of hours each week in a small clinic Rachel is spending the time in classes of her peers dancing tap, jazz, ballet, and doing gymnastics.  She is super duper happy and I feel happy for her that at this point she is where she needs to be.