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Sunday Best – October 10th

October 10, 2010 2 comments

Sorry I haven’t written much this week. I have been preoccupied with a few things, including a major car repair that I need to get scheduled and a letter I need to write to Michael’s IEP case manager with several concerns regarding implementation of the existing items and discussion of some new ones. I know [...]

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A Funny Thing Happened at the Special Needs Conference

October 2, 2010 1 comment

This morning I headed over to our local Intermediate Unit for a one-day conference called Maximizing Capabilities. It was put on by Central Penn Parent in conjunction with Bayada Nurses and a variety of other sponsors. There were a variety of workshops, including one on IEP’s and another on discipline and behavior management plans, which [...]

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Tics, Anyone?

September 30, 2010 3 comments

Just in case you think this is turning into a book blog (not that that’s a bad thing!), I thought I would post an update of what’s been going on with us lately. After a disastrous first week of school, it seemed like Michael was settling in fairly well. Then he started humming .. yes, [...]

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Teaser Tuesday: Have You Filled a Bucket Today?

September 28, 2010 4 comments

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: * Grab your current read * Open to a random page * Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page * BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! * Share the title [...]

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Christian Personal Finance Giveaway

September 17, 2010 0 comments

Bob @ ChristianPF.com (Christian Personal Finance) is giving away an new iPod Touch, something I would love to have to use with Michael. Having read through a few of the posts at CPF, I am definitely interested enough to keep reading. One of the best posts I found so far is How to sell your [...]

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SEW/WW: Before & After

September 15, 2010 13 comments

Last Friday, Michael had four baby teeth pulled to make room for some adult teeth that are really wanting to come in but can’t. The procedure went very well and he bounced back remarkably well. I’m so proud of him! Check out more great pics at Special Exposure Wednesday and Wordless Wednesday.

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This Thing Called Disclosure

September 9, 2010 1 comment

Okay, so there has been a lot of hype over the last few months about the Revised FTC Endorsement Guidelines, especially as they apply to bloggers. Since I have gotten a few free books and other products to review on my blog over the past couple of years, I figured I’d better get my act [...]

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Reasonable Expectations Poll Results

September 8, 2010 0 comments

I wanted to share with the results of the poll on reasonable expectations for how early in the school year IEP supports should be in place. Of course, legally, we all know that supports should be in place as soon as the IEP goes into effect, based on the details listed for each one as [...]

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One Week of School Down, Only 40 More To Go

September 5, 2010 0 comments

Well, not 40 exactly if you take out the days they have off, but that’s the number of weeks until the last day of school. It’s not a terribly good sign that I’m already counting it down, is it? Hopefully, we will have more days where Michael feels like he did on the first day: [...]

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Chicken Pizza: A Recipe

September 1, 2010 0 comments

Note: This was originally posted on a separate blog that I had started, and I moved it here when I decided to merge the blogs back together. Chicken Pizza (sans the pine nuts – and I know the red peppers aren’t very artfully arranged!) When I was in State College last month, my sister-in-law made [...]

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Reasonable Expectations?

September 1, 2010 12 comments

The events of the last two days have brought up questions in my mind about what are reasonable expectations regarding the implementation of an IEP, especially at the start of a school year. (Keep in mind that the effective date of the IEP was 4/29/10.) Is it reasonable for me to expect that the staff [...]

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Back to School Transitions

August 30, 2010 4 comments

When I originally started writing this post, my first sentence read, “Every year I get a little bit better at this transition stuff, both in terms of what Michael needs and what I need.” After the day we had today, I think that is true in terms of better knowing what I need but not [...]

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