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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Firstborn: Dear B.O.E.
I thought to myself who better to write to then those who were elected to serve the people. I wrote a letter, looked up every board members home address and sent the letter certified to their homes. November 29,2004 Dear … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Board of education, Dyslexia, Education, Free Appropriate Public Education, Individualized Education Program, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Parental Rights in Special Education, Parenting a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education, Third grade, Vision therapy
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Firstborn: It is all about precedent!!!
A letter from the special education director arrived. It was dated October 28th. Two days before the death of the superintendent. It stated that the superintendent had approved my request for vision therapy. I was sure the special education director … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Board of education, child study teams, Dyslexia, Education, Individualized Education Program, Parenting a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, setting precedents in education, Special education, Third grade, Vision therapy
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Firstborn: Your Guardian Angel
Thursday, October 28, 2004 8:47 AM I drafted an e-mail to the superintendent. It read, “I have patiently awaited your response to my written request on October 7th. I included all the financial information for the vision therapy as per … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parenting
Tagged Advocacy, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Dyslexia, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, guardian angels, Individualized Education Program, Parenting a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education, Vision therapy, visual processing disorder
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Firstborn: My child needs…
In a letter dated October 7, 2004 I wrote to the superintendent advising him that I had attached a list of my son’s current needs that I had pulled from all the most recent testing ( both the two independent … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Dyslexia, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, Individualized Education Program, Parenting a child with special needs, Project Read, Sensory integration dysfunction, Vision therapy
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The Impact of A Disabilty on Family Life
Studies have indicated that having a child with ADHD doubles the chances for divorce and has significant negative impact on family relationships and home life. As a matter of fact The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology revealed that “parents … Continue reading
Firstborn: Did you ever have a week like this?
So when I had contacted the superintendent after receiving the response from the special education director which once again denied my request for vision therapy because supposedly it was a “medical service” he asked me to bring to him a … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parenting, Special Education
Tagged Advocacy, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Developmental disability, Disability, Dyslexia, firstborn, Individualized Education Program, Parenting a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education, Third grade, Vision therapy
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Firstborn: Smart Moms design “S.M.A.R.T. Goals”
September 10th, 2004 arrived. The district arrived with another prepared IEP. The goals were still vague and not measurable. I suggested that we go through the report and identify each need for my son and then write a goal to … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Dyslexia, firstborn, Individualized Education Program, Parental Rights in Special Education, Parenting a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education, Third grade, Vision therapy
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Firstborn: The Start of Third Grade
August 25, 2004 I sent two letters to follow up the July 27th meeting. The first requested to follow up on setting up a second re-evaluation-IEP meeting to develop appropriate and measurable goals since nobody was in attendance who could … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parenting, Special Education
Tagged Advocacy, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Dyslexia, Education, firstborn, Individualized Education Program, Raising a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education, Third grade, Vision therapy
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Firstborn: The Re-Evaluation- IEP meeting 2004
The Re-Evaluation- IEP meeting was set for July 27, 2004. All the evaluations were in. Of course, the district invited their attorney although I did not have one. I remember arriving at the meeting and the Attorney picking up Dr. … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Due Process, Dyslexia, emotionally disturbed, firstborn, Independent Educational Evaluations, Individualized Education Program, Parenting a child with special needs, Project Read, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special Ed, Special education, Third grade, Vision therapy
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