Assuming we don’t have any life changes and things keep working roughly the way they are, there’s a good likelihood that he’ll be able to stay in that school through the end of 5th grade. We know all the teachers and they know us. They are awesome. So I hope it works out for us that way. As we go into future IEPs in the years to come, they are the kind of people we want on our side.

And you are right, having the right case worker is really important.

@hkt – I wish IEPs were easier on everybody, too. It’s hard to think of many processes that can make you feel more helpless. Sometimes you get a dream team and everything comes up golden. But a lot of times, you have to fight and claw and scratch to get even the most essential help for your child. It just breaks my heart that every weekday, thousands of parents are desperately running that gauntlet. Indeed, good luck to us all!