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Is It Half Full or Half Empty?

This awesome illustration crossed my Facebook timeline today and I just knew that I had to use it. I’ve been struggling with a post all morning about this very thing and sometimes finding the words to make a poin…
The Calm Before The Storm

This morning serves as a good metaphor for the veracity of this life we lead. In the distance, I hear the intermittent sounds of warning sirens. The wind is rushing through the trees, bending the thin ones down in a…
Life By Design or Default

This is a blog post by Teri L. Steinberg, a parent and the Chicago Regional Organizer for Illinois Association of Microboards and Cooperatives, which assists persons with disabilities and their families and friends to…
Surviving the IEP with your Sanity Intact

Alex's IEP meeting is in about a month. That means I'm paying more attention to the posts bloggers are writing concerning their feelings/fears/experiences with the IEP meetings. I see a lot of anxiety. and it seems the…
Don't Yell - Embrace

Our jobs as advocates is never over. I have reposted this blog from January 16,2010, just so we remember to exercise our mommy/daddy muscles.You know muscle memory is a wonderful thing. Once learned it is very easy to…
Girls, Speech and IEP's

So last month we had the IEP meetings for Cuddlebug and Bearhug to set up their transition-to-middle-school IEPs. The ASD resource teacher from the middle school was there, which was great because we were able to get…
Tis the Season, IEP Season

It's time. The notice came in the mail. A long list of therapists and teachers was printed. A date was proposed. I accepted. It's coming. It's time for my son's annual IEP review.
The Importance of Measurable IEP Goals

Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time looking at individualized education program (IEP) goals and learning how to write them. This is an imperative component of special education programming in the United Sta…
Benefiting from a Paraeducator

Guest Blog from @jeffslife I sit down at Alex’s tri-annual IEP meeting expecting it will last about 15 minutes. I squeeze into the miniscule seats with Alex’s teacher and OT, his PT and speech therapist, and…
Getting Off to a Rough Start

Last Friday we had Bitty's IEP meeting. Seems like we just had one (oh wait, we did), although that was just an IEP review to update his placement to one that would be more effective for him. We didn't update any of hi…