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Spring Break?
This week is Spring Break for the girls, which is sort of like a vacation for me too. The treadmill slows down a bit. I don’t have to crack the whip and get Lily out the door to school at the break...
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Executive Dysfunction-Invisible Disability?
Oh boy, talk about intense. I forced Lily to sit down and go through her backpack with me. It was worse than I thought and my stomach still feels tight. The poor child. She’s been struggling with...
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Students Who Struggle with Writing
So… writing. I know a lot of Twice Exceptional students struggle with writing, maybe, like Lily, for several different reasons. Now in middle school, Lily says she doesn’t turn in a lot of her work on...
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Wanna Buy a Used Car? The Joy of IEP Negotiations
Exhausting… You know what it’s like when you shop for a car and how you dread getting down to the nitty gritty with the salesperson? The haggling… the part where you have to get forceful and threaten...
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Me and the 2E/ADHD/IEP
The IEP drama isn’t over. There is still some back and forth with the school via email that makes me think that we’re not completely on the same page. Also, I showed Dr. K a copy of the draft IEP...
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The Organization Fairy and the IEP
Nearly 3 weeks and the IEP situation has not been resolved. I have been trying to hold my tongue here (a little bit) during negotiations. The tension and stress just really suck. BUT—I will not give...
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Countdown to MY Summer Vacation from School
1 week to go and I will be free! (temporarily)— free from the work it takes to get Lily through school every day. Her ADHD & difficulties with Executive Function have made her first year of middle...
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Organizing a 2E Student-The Gates of Hell?
End of summer is approaching. Dread. The hummingbirds will leave and the school buses will arrive, and this year we have to pay for them… 100 bucks per student to ride the bus. The sight of school...
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Sink or Swim?
What would you do if you saw a child drowning? Jump in and save her? Call for extra help? Toss her a life preserver at least? Or would you stand on the pool deck and shout to the child, “YOU’RE OLD...
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Jumping into a New Pool
You know that whole sink or swim thing? Well, we couldn’t stand by any longer and watch them let our 2E daughter drown. Lily was attending a middle school we’ll just call CYA Academy. The turning...
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