Here are some of our staff suggestions for getting the school year off to a good start:

• Review your child's IEP and, if appropriate, review it with your child.
• If your child will take medication during the school day, have the prescription filled and a note from your child's doctor with instructions on when and how to give ready to give the school nurse on the first day.
• Mark your calendar with dates of school activities like back-to-school night and teacher conferences.
• Talk to your child about the new school year and how well he or she will do.
• Write a short biography of your child as an introduction to new teachers and any new staff members; include your child's likes and dislikes, strengths and challenges. 
• Help your child to develop routines for when and where they will do homework, where they will keep supplies, where they will put completed homework to remember to turn it in, etc.
• Call the school and ask if your child can tour the school with you the week before school starts.
• You and your child should meet her new teacher, guidance counselor, and related service providers the week before school starts.
• Put a copy of your child's IEP in each of his teacher's mailbox.
• Follow up in one to two weeks with your child's teachers to see how things are going.
• Celebrate the start of a new year with your child!