For parents with children diagnosed as having learning disabilities, it is best to keep a record or a file of all the necessary documents that have accumulated since the diagnosis was made. You can categorized them according to the information written in the documents. You can also keep a notebook where you can write down who said what (though not to get back to that person who said your child will not be successful in the future, joke…).
Here are a few of the documents you may have to keep:
- letters and notes from doctors, therapists, teachers, school administrators
- medical records and reports
- results of tests and evaluations and their interpretations
- IEP goals
- reports of therapists, special ed teachers
- a record of the developmental milestones that your child has achieved. This could be your own notes about the different developmental levels your child has successfully achieved
- your notes, observations, thoughts about your child
- family medical histories
- records of shots and vaccinations
- records of medications taken as well as illnesses
- records of all contact information of persons involved with your child’s program whether past or present
- brochures of schools or therapy centers you may want to consider in the near future
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