Read more about the article What happens when you have not one but two IEP meetings in a row? 
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What happens when you have not one but two IEP meetings in a row? 

Putting aside all of the heartbreaking events from the first part of this week, Lizze and I had to focus our attention elsewhere today. Unfortunately, it wasn't anything super fun.  We spent the late morning, early afternoon knee deep in IEP meetings. You heard me right. Meetings,  as in more than one.  O_o It's not as bad as it sounds. IEP meetings at my kids school are a breeze compared to our experience with the public school system. There's no such thing as a fun IEP meeting. Just like there's no such thing as a fun root canal.  That said, I don't really remember having too much trouble with IEP meetings at this school over the last decade.    Today wasn't any different, aside from doubling up on everything to…

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September 14, 2016
Read more about the article Both IEP meetings are done
Elliott / Emmett John / IEP Meeting

Both IEP meetings are done

Just finished up my IEP meeting for the day and I can safely say that my brain is fried. I'll explain what happened later on in the day but for now, everything went well.  There are a few things that need to be noted but I'll explain later.  I'm going walking to clear my cluttered head.    

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September 15, 2015
Read more about the article The results of my first of three IEP meetings
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The results of my first of three IEP meetings

The IEP meeting has come and gone for today. It didn't really take that long. In fact, I waited longer for someone to even talk to me.  Below are the Periscope broadcasts from this morning, both before and after the meeting.     The long and short of things is that it appears that the best option is to withdrawal Gavin from school and when he turns 16 in a couple of months, remove him permanently.  It's not ideal but unfortunately, his health is such that I need to focus on that and school simply isn't as important.   If things improve, he could always go back or get his GED.   https://youtu.be/VOkQI9gc5KE https://youtu.be/zvXjjDSmjPc

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September 8, 2015
Read more about the article I have the first of three IEP meetings this morning O_o
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I have the first of three IEP meetings this morning O_o

This morning I will be dropping the boys off at school and then heading across town to the high school for an IEP meeting.  I'm not super excited about this but it's important to make the best of it.  The school terminated the online program that Gavin was involved with last year and I'm not sure what we are going to do this year.  There are some tough decisions that will need to be made and none of them appear to be easy at this point.   I'll let you know how it goes.     

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September 8, 2015