School hopefully.

Okey dokey....heads up I have some news.
I THINK I have found a school for Louis!
We had one of two interviews yesterday. It was with the principal of the whole school and the principal of the junior school and the head of Learning Support.
My husband stayed at work for this one. We figured we wouldn't give away the gene pool mystery this early. Ha! Nah, we decided to take along Louis' therapist for this one.

And let me tell you IT WAS BRILLIANT! I couldn't have scripted it better.

They are really on the ball, as far as knowing their autism stuff. They asked the right questions and seemed happy with our answers. Both principals and Learning Support teacher knew all about the quirks of autism. From what I hear they have quite a lot of autistic and other special needs kids in the mainstream classes. It is the only mainstream school I have come across, that have sent ALL their staff to autism specific training. How great is that? They totally understood what I meant, when I described Louis' shut downs. They got quite excited actually, because they have a boy in Year 8 that just disappears and stops hearing and seeing too.

But the best thing, Louis' therapist - a brilliant woman and great friend of mine - used to be the boss of the Learning Support leader. They did the whole OMG hug hug thing. I knew at that point, things were on my side.

Anyway, the Learning Support woman is going to see Louis at preschool next week. I guess the only person that can stuff things up at this point is him. As if that is going to happen, he is too adorable for words these days.

I warned them about his current dinosaur obsession and can only hope that he is a herbivore that day.

Cheers!