Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/210293/journal Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:53:00 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/210293/1213246912.jpg http://dailystrength.org/people/210293 http://dailystrength.org/people/210293/journal/1113000 This has everything you wanted to know about Obama, from his upbringing to his political career.  Very well organized. http://www.theobamafile.com/  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:00:49 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210293/journal/1072084 Well, the school denied my eldest SpEd, but we are supposed to meet for a 504 meting to discuss accommodations.  Essentially, the school stated that their tests did not show any evidence of ADHD or depression, or any discrepancies.  My son was diagnosed with ADHD/I and Dysthymic Disorder.... Fri, 23 May 2008 00:14:19 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210293/journal/1064489 OK, so I went for the feedback session this morning.  Turns out my eldest has ADHD-i and Dysthymic Disorder.  OK, so the Psych gave me a list of acommodations that he needs to be able to better access the curriculum.  I also get the report from the school, and despite glaring discrepa... Mon, 19 May 2008 23:13:11 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210293/journal/1063739 OK, so my eldest has been diagnosed with Dysthymic Disorder and ADHD-i.  Discrepancies on the WISC-IV are more than 3.5 standard deviations from "his" norm.  There are 4 main areas of deficit, all explained nice and neat in the summary report I was given today.  I will get t... Mon, 19 May 2008 16:55:47 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210293/journal/1055348 I spoke to my son's therapist today and am feeling a little better, at least I will have a few things to research over the weekend to get me ready for the IEP.  We will know for sure what the DX is on Monday, but for now, the therapist and I have pretty much ruled out ASD and ADD.  We ... Thu, 15 May 2008 21:43:41 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210293/journal/1052371 Sigh, sometimes I just want to give up.  I know I can't, but everything is just so overwhelming.  I am getting ready for my older son's initial IEP to determine eligibility next Thursday, and I won't have the DX until Monday.  That gives me a whopping 3 days to prepare my ... Wed, 14 May 2008 20:30:12 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210293/journal/1035475 Sigh....I am getting frustrated and I have not even had the initial IEP for my older son.  As predicted, he is getting very high scores on all of his testing.  What this means is that "off the record" the school psych does not think he will qualify for SpEd services.  There ... Wed, 07 May 2008 15:00:05 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210293/journal/996097 I was talking to my son over the weekend, and he informed me that the extra hour and a half he spends at the SDC in the regualr public school for social skills has been just giving him busy work to do.  In the IEP he was supposed to be going to the SDC so he could spend time with his friend in ... Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:21:18 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210293/journal/989470 Well, I wrote a letter to the teacher, and I wrote a letter to the School Psych and included a copy of the letter to the teacher in that. I gave the letter to the teacher, and I took the letter to the SpEd office to give to the school psych. Instead of seeing her, the SpEd Admin for the whole dist... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:53:38 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210293/journal/987835 Geeze....you think you have everything set and working and then you find out that the teacher is not implementing the friggin IEP.  Blatently ignoring accomodations because "she feels" that your child can do without them. Not only is the teacher saying that my son can't have ... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:25 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210293/journal/966277 Well, the meeting today went well for my older son.  The staff at the school seemed open to my ideas on how to help my son until the testing is done.  His science teacher is even willing to give him extra points towards his grade if he brings in signatures on his reminder binder from his o... Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:25:00 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210293/journal/956734 Well, this past week was fruitful.  I had the IEP to secure the AB3632 services for my youngest son, so the mental health care is now covered and he can see the therapist at the school during school hours at any time in addition to the group therapy and social skills groups.  I also found ... Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:09:29 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/210293/journal/939466 Sigh, I have another week of dealing with the schools.  Today I am getting my papers in order because I have an IEP (the 5th sinse late December) for my youngest on the 2nd.  This time it is to get him the AB3632 services at school.  This IEP should be a breeze compared to the others.... Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:42:51 +0100