Speech...

We met with the school board today to discuss Jakob's speech therapy through the school. In August when school starts back Jakey will go to a local elementary school two days a week for 30 minutes a session. The therapist works with 4 or 5 children in a group so Jakob will get to spend time with other kids and (hopefully) be encouraged to participate and speak because he sees them doing it too. I got word that his name is about to be submitted for the "head start" program which is basically a preschool program that the state has. I've thought about it and thought about it and I'm just not comfortable sending him away 5 days a week for 6 hours a day. I'm also very uncomfortable with letting people I don't know watch my son who doesn't communicate very well. I'm worried if someone might mistreat him or be mean to him and he couldn't even tell me it's going on. I worry about whether he will get the attention he needs when there's a lot of talkative 3 year olds and he's the quiet one.I have decided I will keep him home with me for now. We're considering vpk (voluntary pre-kindergarten) next year when he's four especially if we still live in this town so he can get the socialization he needs and he may also need the extra help with speech. Speaking of still being in this town...Jeremy's boss is working really hard to move their office to a town about an hour away from where it is now (Jeremy's boss in in Jacksonville, but he knows the town Jeremy works in is terrible!). That means we could move to a much better town. There'd be more resources available to us. Way less commuting. I've already looked and there's at least 2 christian schools in the area which means if Jakob started vpk he could do it at a christian school (which is what we'd prefer). Anyways, we're not gonna believe it until it happens, but we are more hopeful about this opportunity. If they're going to move everything they want it done by October so we'll see