itinerant teachers

My three-year-old son qualifies for an itinerant teacher if we can find
a preschool for him, because of his... ah... poor social skills. (He's
also in the 99th percentile for cognitive and language skills, we found
out, if a mother may be forgiven for bragging.) Do any of you have
experience working with itinerant teachers? Any advice?

MsLiz...

Not knowing what an itinerant teacher was, I searched the web for. This article
looked interesting, if you haven't already read it.

Anonymama...

I hadn't read it -- thanks for pointing it out. Finding a preschool

HCN...

Just an idea while you are looking:

See if your local community centers have drop-in play times for kids. Like

Anonymama...

Nice!

cailleach...

But expensive :-(.

I'm in a bit of a dither just now about whether my son has too *many*
out-of-school activities. He gets bored when he doesn't have enough
activities but he gets really ratty and starts misbehaving when he's
overtired! But I can't just pick up and drop activities at will because
that disrupts his routine. So keeping him about right takes a lot of
planning and judgment - it's a bit like steering an oil tanker :-)

Cailleach

Anonymama...

Thanks! I'm feeling much more confident after hearing from people here.
I don't know any parents in real life who are dealing with special ed,
so I'm very glad MK is here right now.

preschool gym timesme, swimming pool playtimes and the kid playroom sort for
a tiny fee (I think when my teenagers were young the cost was between $1 to
$3 for drop-in playtimes). Then go there and supervise your son with the
kids... it may also be a chance for you to talk to other parents about
preschools they know about.

that's willing to work with us could be a challenge, eh?

I can't say that I know of anyone or have any personal experience on
this subject, but the notion of "it takes a village" comes to mind.