Saturday, September 11th 2010
Being a Single Mom raising 3 children with special needs…has definitely been a journey full of mountains to climb…but lately…I have just felt stuck in a dark pit…without a ladder…not knowing what to do or where to go to get out. Until this evening….
Tuesday, September 7th 2010
I started this blog to help others…I thought others could see that if I could raise 3 children with special needs…then they could do what ever they are struggling with…this was my purpose…my hope. AND, I originally planned to just blog about the kiddos and I thought that this blog was gonna be filled with funny moments, struggles, & lots of stuff that we as a family were doing. Well, it has been…and with that has come lots of other stuff too!
Sunday, August 29th 2010
So…today has been a pretty busy day filled with all the stuff that goes with getting a family ready to go back to school. That includes me! AND…it just hit me a little bit ago.
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
On our 4th meeting with more than 4 hours sitting in a chair…just today. The IEP (Individualized Education Program) Team has finally come to an agreement in regards to Taylor’s education for the next year. Not all individuals at that meeting were excited or thrilled with my perseverence…however, overall I feel that for the first time in a long time I experienced what was a long time coming…a true IEP where the entire team involved had input and developed an “individualized education program” that what we all think will be best for Taylor and will assist with transitioning her into whats to come after High School.
Tuesday, May 18th 2010
Well, today was PART 3 of Taylor’s IEP. Taylor’s Teacher of Record scheduled the meeting in the afternoon this time to allow all of the team members to be in attendance (i.e: all related services (Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapist, Speech Therapist, Nurse, Transition Specialist), Special Ed Teacher, Gen Ed Teacher, School District Representative) …however, that means that I only had an hour to be able to meet…since it was during my lunch hour. I left my last school and darted over to Taylor’s High School and ran in that meeting as fast as I could. I had an Advocate attend with me…so I had someone there who also knew the mine and Taylor’s rights to assist me.