2025-10-03 Meeting notes

2025-10-03 Meeting notes

 Date

Oct 3, 2025

 Participants

  • @Erin Soward @Adriana Threet

  • Becca, Dayne, Maud, Emily, Lara, Zexi, Kari

 Goals

 Brainstorm

 Discussion topics

Time

Topic

Presenter

Notes

Time

Topic

Presenter

Notes

20 mins

Check in

Everyone

  • Highs and lows of the first month+ of school

45 mins

Children with Special Needs

Amy + Everyone

  • Children with special needs

    • Please make sure any children of concern are on Amy’s radar

    • Connect with past teachers, obtain documentation/ release for providers or other teachers

    • Documentation of concern is cover sheet for collection of documentation

    • Documentation - how to measure:

      • Repetition/frequency

      • Impairment

      • Intensity

  • Referrals - Family can ask pediatrician or consult Amy’s network for referral list

    • From the Heart (insurance accepted)

    • KidVentures (doesn’t accept insurance)

  • Professional Development Idea

    • How to recognize the need for speech referrals per age group

25 mins

Conference Forms + Planning Ahead

Amy

  • Conference forms

    • Make sure you are documenting developmental indicators and not just saying what they are playing with at school

  • Activities over winter break

    • Learning at home plans (originally used during Covid)

    • Idea for evening seminar to be the power of play

  • Upcoming 100th events

    • Fall 2025 - Music on playground (November 13th)

    • Spring 2026 - Longhorn Run (April 18th)

    • Fall 2026 - Museum event at Blanton

    • Spring 2027 - 100th celebration at Texas Natural History Museum

 Action items

Plan a Friday meeting on how to recognize the need for speech referrals per age group
Plan a seminar on the power of play
Get 100th events on people’s radar

 Decisions

 Related info