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What’s the Difference Between an IEP Meeting and a Conference?
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Does this sound familiar? Your student comes home from school one day and announces a problem with a teacher or lesson. You immediately hop on the computer and send off an email to the team demanding answers. To address the concerns, you think it is best to get together and have an IEP meeting to…
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The Ultimate Birthday Letter to a 16 Year-Old Girl
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Right now, as of today, you are barely just 16, but if I were going to write you a letter on your 16th birthday, I might ask something like, “Where are you going, not now this minute, but later…where are you going in life”? Depending on her response, I might want to ask, “If it…
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How Societal Norms Prevent Parent’s From Connecting With Each Other
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So I’m A Terrible Parent–What’s Your Excuse? This morning in my inbox, I was greeted with an email from an acquaintance who alluded to the fact, that perhaps through social media, my kidlet might need some positive influences which should come in the form of another teenager. Oh yes, good idea, that should work! Totally…
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5 Steps You Should Take Now for Later
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Helpful tips for parents of disabled children For the past twenty years, there have been many pediatricians, educators, and government administrators who have recommended I sign my kid up for disability services. “Get him into the system” they would say. I flat out refused. My response was always the same, “ If he can work,…
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When Teenage Lies Become a Parent’s Game
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Of course telling fibs are natural and kids are going to do it, but what recourse do parents have then? I have a pretty good idea when my kidlets’ wording sounds suspicious. I think most parents rely on that. But has anyone taken a good look at some of the content on the internet lately?…