Looks like a sweet kid. Heartbreaking on many levels, and too common across the board, regardless of hearing. Isolation experienced at one school, a long stretch before acceptance at a new school, and finally, friendships formed. So nice that she found that happy end to this chapter. I hope the next is wonderfully fulfilling!
Finding the "right" learning environment for our children to is unbelievably difficult, and there's certainly no science to it, so much depends on the child, and his or her abilities and needs. I've always been a huge advocate for public schools -- and I want them to be the best places for most 'typical' learners. And yet I have to admit that I'm so happy my little one, because she is a deaf child, has the option of being at an academically rigorous and wonderfully small private school with amazing professionals, all because my state recognizes the range of special education needs and that these can't always be covered to the child's best interests in a standard classroom.
