teacher assignments

Well, I got the assignments for the girls' teachers overseeing us this school year. Lydia will stay with the same teacher she had last year, while this year Melissa gets a new teacher. I knew that she'd have a new teacher this year since our teacher last year only does K and 1st grade, and I made sure to tell her that she was going to have a different teacher. She didn't believe me at all apparently until I told her the name of her new teacher a couple hours ago. Now she's all worked up and upset over the new teacher assignment. She does NOT handle change well normally, and this is just another example of that difficulty with handling change. She's that kid that will seat herself under the table at a restaurant so that she doesn't have to interact with the server because its someone new. Social situations for her are fairly structured and consistent because she melts down in situations with new people most of the time.

So, I decided to take charge on this change to minimize the drama. I sent off a k-mail to her teacher letting her know how Melissa handles changes and asked if there was a way she could contact us prior to school officially starting so that Melissa can get to know her teacher a little and start getting comfortable with her before we have regular interaction during the school year. I already got a response, she'll be calling us in the next few days and will speak with Melissa during that time to help ease her into the transition to a new teacher. Hopefully this goes well and she adjusts to the teacher change quickly. If you are the praying type, please keep Melissa in your prayers for the next few weeks while she adjusts to the new school year with a new teacher.