TweetSharePin0 SharesThe year is ending and final I.E.P meetings are happening all over the nation. Have you decided to homeschool next year? Are you questioning keeping your child in public school but you don’t know what else to do? Here are a few tips, reminders and I pray encouragement to do what is best for your child. The question to… View Post
How much should our child know?
TweetSharePin0 SharesWelcome friends. We are talking about Fighting Death. While this isn’t an easy subject it must be addressed. Take and deep breath and let us work towards understanding and knowledge. So how much should you tell your child. First many children already know there is something wrong. Whether you are in a situation where there is an acute injury… View Post
Fighting death with your child
TweetSharePin0 SharesHave you found out that your child has a life threatening disease, terminal, or life shortening. There are a slew of ways to say it. Medical professionals often go out of there way to tap dance around the finality of what they are saying. In the end as a parent all you hear is death. I have been there…. View Post
Weathering Assessment Time
TweetSharePin0 SharesFor children outside the comfy norms that standardized tests use how do we show progress? If your child is mentally challenged can you legitimately say that potty training is a worthy educational goal? Are fine motor skills impossible due to spastic cerebral palsy? How do you show the hard work your child is putting in and fulfill the state laws?… View Post
When things just aren’t working!
TweetSharePin0 Shares Welcome to the end of the year! So how has the year been? Loaded question I know. You want to say “It’s been great! Little Susie is beginning manuscript and physics. Johnny is acing all his classes and he sits and completes every last assignment without me nagging!” Okay if that is you Yoo Hoo! you are excused…. View Post