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IEP Day

By: Kathleen May 1, 2019

disability, Down Syndrome, UncategorizedDevelopmental disability, Disability, disability advocacy, IEP, Special Education, Special needs, Special Needs Children, special needs parenting2 Comments

This is what #IEP prep looks like: notes from parent advocate, part A and B. The first draft of the IEP, from which the comments came, split in two: the half we got through last week, and the part we have to do today—the goals, i.e the basic shape of her middle school experience. Finally,…

Fun With IEPs

By: Kathleen September 25, 2017September 25, 2017

disability, Down Syndrome, education, IEP, UncategorizedDisability, Down Syndrome, education, IEP, Julianna, Special Education, Special needs, Special Needs Children, special needs parentingLeave a Comment

Fun fact: I spent 2 1/2 years as a music ed major before deciding all I really wanted to do was play my flute, and I universally hated every one of my education classes. The class that broke me and caused me to switch? Special Education For Non-Special Educators. It took me until Julianna was…

The Hazards of Living In A Musical Family, and other Updates on my Babies

By: Kathleen October 30, 2015October 30, 2015

Alex, Down Syndrome, IEP, Julianna, Michael, Nicholas, writer's block, writingAlex, Down Syndrome, IEP, Julianna, Michael, Nicholas, writingLeave a Comment

Alex After the LEGO movie a couple of years ago, Alex started singing “Everything is awesome” all.the.time. Woe was me. Then, knowing I loathed the song even more than I loathed the movie, he started teasing me by singing “Percy Jackson ro-ocks!” on the same tune. Then he got tired of Julianna’s obsession with Frozen,…