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From Special Olympics to Meet of Champions!
When Jane Havsy of The Daily Record contacted my son for a phone interview she never knew how much that would mean to our family. Of course, any parent is excited when their child makes the newspaper for an accomplishment … Continue reading
The Reader’s Choice (Top 10 for 2011)
These were my most frequently read blogs for the Year 2011. It was also my first year blogging. I wrote 115 blogs in all. I certainly did not blog as much as I wanted but it was a good start. … Continue reading
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Firstborn: Logical and Fair
On June 21, 2005 the interim superintendent responded to my letter. He said that he would accept my letter as my formal complaint against the learning consultant and investigate the matter IMMEDIATELY! He also directed me to to the Board’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, assistive technology, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Disability, Due Process, Dyslexia, Education, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, Independent Educational Evaluations, Individualized Education Program, Learning disability, Parental Concerns, Parental Rights in Special Education, Parenting a child with special needs, Raising a child with special needs, SCHOOL RETALIATION, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education
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Firstborn: Project Read Trained Teacher
I wrote a letter to the case manager regarding the IEP Draft that I had picked up on June 2, 2005 that was the proposed IEP from the May 27th meeting. I had called for another IEP meeting that was … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, assistive technology, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Disability, Due Process, Dyslexia, Education, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, Independent Educational Evaluations, Individualized Education Program, Learning disability, Parental Concerns, Parental Rights in Special Education, Project Read, Raising a child with special needs, SCHOOL RETALIATION, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education
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Firstborn: It’s all phonetics!
It was June 2005. My son was still in the process of vision therapy. The children’s desks at school were starting to be emptied out and all their work sent home. I received a writing journal that had been kept … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, assistive technology, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Disability, Dyslexia, Education, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, IEP, Independent Educational Evaluations, Individualized Education Program, Learning disability, Parental Concerns, Parental Rights in Special Education, Parenting a child with special needs, Raising a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, Third grade, Vision therapy
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Firstborn: FERPA
So I decided to contact the Family Policy Compliance Officer at the United States Department of Education in Washington, D.C.. I explained to him how the child study team hadn’t given me access to the teacher’s notes that had been … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, assistive technology, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Disability, Dyslexia, Education, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, IEP, Independent Educational Evaluations, Individualized Education Program, Learning disability, Parental Concerns, Parental Rights in Special Education, Parenting a child with special needs, Raising a child with special needs, SCHOOL RETALIATION, Sensory integration dysfunction, Third grade
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Firstborn: Bully Mom
So you heard a portion of the IEP meeting on May 27th but let me explain some of the other things that happened at that IEP meeting and after wards to give you a better picture. First off I provided … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, assistive technology, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Disability, Dyslexia, Education, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, IEP, Independent Educational Evaluations, Individualized Education Program, Learning disability, Parental Concerns, Parental Rights in Special Education, Parenting a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education
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Firstborn: Transcribed audiotape
It was May 27th. I arrived at the meeting, tape recorder in hand. The meeting was going pretty smooth. We were all playing “nicey nice”. Then we got to the discussion about my son’s writing and the topic of Assistive … Continue reading
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Firstborn: Decisions, Decisions…
A letter from the special education director arrived. I assume trying to cover the case managers footsteps. He stated that the purpose for the IEP meeting was for the team to share their individual thoughts to develop a plan for … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, assistive technology, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Dyslexia, Education, firstborn, Individualized Education Program, Parental Rights in Special Education, Parenting a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education
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Firstborn: Delay, Delay, Delay…
On May 5, 2005 the case manager sent a letter. It read, “Enclosed are the test results for the assessments completed by our Learning Consultants. The written report corresponds to the results of the WIAT. As discussed one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, assistive technology, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Dyslexia, Education, firstborn, Individualized Education Program, Parental Concerns, Parental Rights in Special Education, Parenting a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education, WIAT, Woodcock Johnson Test of Achievement
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