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One Thing to Remember When Helping Our Teenager’s
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“We are not helping them if we are helping them.” …
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Why It’s Important to Take the Emotion Out of Special Education
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Originally published December 14, 2014 Updated: July 11, 2024 Frequently, I hear from parents who want advice on how to handle their child’s teacher and/or the Individual Education Plan (IEP) meeting. Many want to know ideas and strategies to “win” at getting what they want. In other words, how can they convince a group of…
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2 IEP Items Never to Toss Out
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Updated: July 10, 2024 Original post August 2015 Parents of special education students need a good filing system–whether it be in a desk or online–be mindful of the documents. That being said, there are only two documents that parents should keep. When I say “keep,” I mean locked up in a fire-proof safe needing only…
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How Many Wishes Does One Penny Have?
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When you find a penny “heads up” and you pick it up off the ground you’re supposed to get one free wish. But if you have many wishes do you try to plop them all on one penny? Or do you conserve your wishes “just in case”? What’s the cut off when all our wishes…
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Sorry, Not Sorry – The Effects of Too Much Social Media
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Many of our young ones are unable to go into an establishment and ask for directions or help when entering a business. The thought of going into a bank and asking the teller for change, or into a restaurant to say, “table for 3, please” sends many of them into an absolute shake-fest; a frenzy…