I know that it has been almost a month since I have blogged and I’m sorry. It has been a very stressful and tiring time in Maryland. MAC has fully entered the angry teen-age years and is at the point where NOTHING I say is right. (If I told her the sky was blue and the grass was green she would tell me NO the sky is azure and the grass is emerald.) There have been a few more incidents at school and even an in school suspension from Algebra class.
Yesterday I had an IEP (Individualized Education Plan) meeting with the new school. It is totally amazing to me how different things can be even within the same county. When I had the meeting at the old school the administrator was the vice principal, at the new school they have a dedicated IEP person. At the old school the guidance counselor and the school psychologist was in the meeting, at the new school it was just the school psychologist. There was also a teacher representative and the special education coordinator at both meetings.
I am beginning to feel hopeful again, this time the group felt that her education was being impacted and that she should be on an IEP. The new school has classes that are geared to keep everyone in the general population but is smaller and has an extra aid in the class. If it is determined that she is in need of these (which I think would be helpful) she will be given these accommodations. And if nothing else she will be on this list for high school.
I am hoping to begin to blog regularly again so please check back again soon.
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