IEP MEETINGS

[Guest guest]

Well!! It certainly makes me feel a little less lonely to hear about other

people getting all these absurd comments from people on the IEP team .....the

team that is supposed to be planning an appropriate education for your

INDIVIDUAL child! I have been feeling so down about working with our public

school in regards to my son's education. We have been working with this school

for three school years now. The case manager only speaks to me if she wants to

schedule a meeting or have me sign a paper....except in the hall the other day

she asked me if Micah got the tubes put in his ears okay!!!!!!!!! (he had a

serious and unusual middle ear surgery in which he was under anesthesia for two

hours and had to be admitted afterwards for overnight because they couldn't stop

his vomiting!) And THIS is the woman who is supposed to MANAGING his education

for the next 12 years????????? I could go ON AND ON with stories of the

absolutely INANE comments made by people on the team which illustrate their

fundamental LACK of understanding on how to help my child learn while not

damaging his self-esteem or curiousity! Suffice it to say that hearing what the

person at the school told Jil and comments made to has me at least feeling

that I am not the only one experiencing that assault on my confidence of being a

" good parent " .....honestly I feel constantly demeaned....either I am

" overprotective " if I want more information or I " should put him to bed earlier

so he isn't so fatigued " or just " make him tow the line " but of course " he is

not a severe case, you know, and doesn't warrant this much therapy! " HELP US

HELP US HELP US! I better quit now and calm down or it will be anothe sleepless

night for me! I can hardly wait until the boys are out of school for the summer

and .......anyway, good night, Carol (mother of two, and glad to be!)