Special Education

Walking Out In Tears (Day 147 of 365)

April 15 in Advocacy, Central Christian Church, Cerebral Palsy, Christianity, Daily Skills, Disabilities, Family, God, Inclusion, Love, Miscellaneous, Special Education by Eden Little | 1 Comment

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Jorden’s Annual IEP (Individualized Education Program) was held this morning at 7:30. Due to my work schedule it is important that whenever I have meetings in regards to my own children that they are scheduled as earliest as possible. These meetings are extremely important because they review important facts of the individual child of the past year such as: present academic and/or cognitive levels, progress made, concerns of the parents, goals & objectives for the next year, & the accommodations that need to be made in order to assist that student with achieving his/her goals & objectives.  In the past these meetings have shown to be stressful and challenging for me. I think partly because I am a Special Education Teacher myself and I have expectations on what should and could be done for each of my children. Erin’s IEP had already been held and went well. Taylor’s IEP was ended before it ever started, therefore I was a little reluctant when entering Jorden’s meeting. I usually take another person with me for support, advice, and mostly another ear. These meetings can be overwhelming. However, this morning I was unable to take anyone else with me.

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An IEP To Be Rescheduled…(Day 122 of 365)

March 21 in Family, Special Education by Eden Little | 1 Comment

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Friday was Taylor’s scheduled IEP at 7am in the morning. If you don’t know already an IEP stands for Individualized Education Program. I provided a link for you, if you would like to learn more about IEP’s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individualized_Education_Program

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Meet Jorden Little (Day 116 of 365)

March 15 in Cerebral Palsy, Christianity, Disabilities, Eye surgery, Family, God, Occupational Therapy, Physical therapy, Special Education, Speech Therapy by Eden Little | No Comments

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Meet Jorden Little

Jorden is 12 years old. He is the twin brother to Erin. He was born on April 30, 1997.  The twins were originally supposed to be born on August 18th.  They were both born at 24 weeks gestation, and Jorden weighed in at a whopping 1lb 15 oz. He was the first to be delivered by normal birth. The following day after birth, he had an ultra sound done on his brain to find that he experienced a bleed on his brain that was labeled as a grade III bleed. (1 being least severe to 4 being most severe). Jorden experienced many different challenges the first couple months of life such as difficulty breathing, jaundice, and also was diagnosed with ROP (retinopothy of prematurity in both of his eyes) He was on oxygen for nearly 1-1/2 months. The first couple of months in the Neonatal intensive care unit Jorden had a few different surgeries such as: a bilateral hernia removed, laser surgery on both of his eyes due to the ROP, and one of his main veins in his arm grew around his main I.V pick line which caused the Doctor’s to go in and remove the I.V line by surgery, which caused the entire vein to be removed. (I have been told that this is something that hardly ever happens). Jorden was in the NICU for nearly the first 2-½ months of his life. He was sent home using a heart and breathing monitor for the next 6 months of his life.

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Meet Erin Little (Day 113 of 365)

March 12 in Central Christian Church, Cerebral Palsy, Disabilities, Family, Fun, Las Vegas Family Fun!, Love, Miscellaneous, Occupational Therapy, Parenting, Physical therapy, seizures, Special Education, Speech Therapy by Eden Little | No Comments

Friday, March 12th , 2010

Erin is 12 years old. She is the twin sister to Jorden. She was born on April 30, 1997.  They were originally supposed to be born on August 18th.  She was born at 24 weeks gestation, weighing 1 1b and 11 oz. Erin was born second and was delivered breech. Like Taylor, Erin also experienced a grade IV bleed on her brain (1 being least severe to 4 being most severe). She experienced difficulty breathing, jaundice, and also was diagnosed with ROP (retinopothy of prematurit) She was on oxygen for nearly 2 months and was jaundice. Erin was in the hospital for nearly 3 months. Overall, Erin did well during this time for a baby who was as small as she was. She required no surgeries, no seizures, or no other complications at this time.

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Meet My Taylor LIttle (Day 111 of 365)

March 10 in Behavior Challenges, Central Christian Church, Cerebral Palsy, Christianity, Disabilities, Family, God, Occupational Therapy, Physical therapy, seizures, Special Education, Speech Therapy by Eden Little | No Comments

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

I have had many people ask me about how cerebral palsy has effected each of my children…and I realized that I have not given a background of each of them which includes medical and developmental history so I thought I would start today! Read More

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