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Everyone Has A Story To Tell…
These words on a bookmark from EMK Press reminded me of Bruce Anderson at Community Activators and what he taught my Partners in Policymaking class on telling our story. (Side note: Check out the...
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Resource Tuesday: Advocate Institute
I received a pass into the recent Advocate Academy’s webinar on Understanding Assessments: Psychological, Processing and Achievement Evaluation Data given by Alan Brue, Ph.D. Although I missed the live...
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Support the IDEA Fairness Restoration Act – Call TODAY!
Feeling politically active today? If your child has an IEP, or you know children who do, please consider calling or writing your congressperson today to ask them to support H.R. Bill 4188, the IDEA...
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Our Own Little Silos
One thing that became apparent as I listened to our speakers at the Partners in Policymaking class this weekend was how huge the disability community is (over 53 million Americans at last count). The...
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Learning to Lobby
Yesterday, I got a chance to do some pretty heady stuff! As part of my Partners in Policymaking class we have to do “projects”. My project yesterday was going to the state capitol and working with an...
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New Resource – The Edge Foundation: Coaching Students With ADHD
A new resource is available for students who struggle with educational success because of their ADHD. An organization called The Edge Foundation has begun training coaches to help ADHD students...
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IEP – It’s Time For A Meeting
My blossoming fifth-grader is excited to be in her class this year. Last year, when she started school she started towards the middle of the school year. This is her first year being adopted and also...
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Education For Some
My husband and I had to attend the nine week conference at my daughter’s school. At the conference they talk about how your child is doing so far, the areas they need to improve on, and if they are on...
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To The Principle Office We Go!
The past few weeks I’ve been noticing that my daughter has been coming home with very high grades in subjects that she struggled really hard with. My daughter struggles with anything that revolves...
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IEP – Waiting For A Response
It’s now been a month since I’ve been trying to get some answers about my child’s education. It started when my husband and I noticed that when my daughter came home she had little knowledge of what...
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IEP – The Meeting Finally!!!!
So we finally went to the meeting for my daughters IEP. It has been about a month since I last wrote about it but I was absolutely shocked at the fact of how the teachers would not take responsibility...
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