Back To School Time

Back to school time is here again. While a lot of our kiddos aren't looking forward to going back to school, mine on the other hand is ecstatically counting down the days.


This school year is bringing a lot of change our way and Lord knows that change isn't always a welcome thing in a household with an Autistic child. Johnny had been attending the same program since starting school at 3, and finally this past summer we had to finally call it quits with the original program.


As many people know the options are few and far between here in Mid-Ohio when it comes to Autism Programming. After touring the 3 other options that are available, we came to the conclusion to enroll Johnny in the Autism Program at St Peter's Catholic School. While we were extremely apprehensive, and I still am, about this change; Johnny so far seems super excited and eager to go to his "old school", quite literally Old...School. St Peters has been around for almost 150 years, so I guess that qualifies it as an old school. Leave it to our kiddo to be extremely literal in his description of his new school. Either way, he is really excited.


This new venture comes with a lot of "perks" for him, actually having a regular lunch, recess, weekly mass, and being with some of his former teachers. While most of these experiences are going to be completely new, we are still hoping that he is still excited to go back to school after the first week.


Have any of you had to change your child's school, and what are some tips that may help with easing the transition? Trust me, we are going to need as much help as possible with this one I am afraid....




Well wish us luck, because August 24th is coming soon!

St. Peter's Catholic Church; Mansfield, Ohio