Tag: IEP

Good Enough

It’s that magical time of year again for the new IEP. (Individualized Education Program) We’ve had multiple meetings every year for five years now – not including all the nightmare meetings during preschool and kindergarten- and I still dread them. I still loathe them. I’ve gotten better at managing my eye rolls and sighs, but […]

Read More Good Enough

Squeaky Wheels

Today I get to brag a little. Today I got an awesome email from one of my son’s teachers saying he is now working at grade level math. Grade level. For anyone new to my drama asylum  blog, my son has never been at grade level. He has challenges associated with Dyspraxia including ADD and […]

Read More Squeaky Wheels

The New (School) Year

My kid is going to be in middle school next year. When he was born, getting through the colic and the shaping helmet and physical therapy were all-consuming. I never thought we’d make it to 1 without a healthy dose of green skin and a penchant for brains. But we did it. When he was […]

Read More The New (School) Year

The Successful IEP

It is a rare and elusive thing for me lately. The “successful” IEP meeting. My son has issues, therefor the school district has him on an Individualized Education Program (IEP). This is a fancy way of saying my kid requires a team of people to be able to keep afloat in school. We got beyond […]

Read More The Successful IEP

Thanks, Teach

This summer I’m going to be positive. I’m going into it with high hopes for lots of family bonding time with a backdrop of rainbows and dew covered roses. You know whyyyyyy? Because summer means no homework. No paperwork forgotten in backpacks and then forgotten to turn in. No permission slips or book reports. But […]

Read More Thanks, Teach

Education Gauntlet

Reading through my son’s IEP goals for the year (at a new school) make me want to poke my eyeballs out. Every goal listed reverberates in my head, “And what have YOU done to help that, ‘Mom’?!” Dejected, I have to just go through the rest as fast as I can while fielding questions from […]

Read More Education Gauntlet