SHARE YOUR CONCERNS

The new teacher needs to know as much about the student as possible, especially any issues you had regarding past progress or the old teacher. BE VERY HONEST ABOUT EVERYTHING! Hiding things from the teacher makes the transition more difficult and longer. If necessary, schedule consultation time to discuss issues privately without the student present, so that the parents and teacher can talk freely. Anything discussed with KMI faculty will be held in strict convidence, limited to you, your student's faculty and the KMI director. All heatlh, emotional, behavioral, cognitive and developmental issues (as they are applicable) must be disclosed to the new teacher. Discovering a child has ADHD on the fifth lesson is too late. The teacher could have approached the new student very differently and potentially avoided several problems.