Takingitdaybyday

#ProudMamaBear #Educator #IEPAdvocate #ParentCoach

[Takingitdaybyday @Mom75Spectrum]

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[Equitable Perspective @EquitableWork]

Please circulate to Early Childhood Parents!!!

Parents, here is a chance to be heard. Apply to join the Family Advisory Council. Applications are due by September 8th.

https://t.co/AoDVxARmbB

[Equitable Perspective @EquitableWork]

RT: ISBE #FamilyEngagement Opportunity!!

Statewide Return To School Family Virtual Convening, Friday, September 11, 2020, 1:30-3:30 pm
https://t.co/n4FxkaWhA6

Share what IS working and what is NOT working about your educational experience.

Share widely! #PublicParticipation

[Takingitdaybyday @Mom75Spectrum]

@SKH245 @TheIEPGuy It is interesting now that all parents are having to become more responsible for their children's education. I have been doing it for 3 years now, supplementing and supporting my son's education in all the areas the Distrcit has dropped the ball or flat out denied the need for.

[Takingitdaybyday @Mom75Spectrum]

@SKH245 @NwSider @chicagospedpac At least he told you from the beginning what it would cost. I figured it out once I was in and had already invested all the money.

[Takingitdaybyday @Mom75Spectrum]

@chicagospedpac @NwSider @SKH245 Pretty much.

[Takingitdaybyday @Mom75Spectrum]

In 5 minutes of reading this book I wish I had known about it 5 years ago.
https://t.co/KG2v3CF89t

[Takingitdaybyday @Mom75Spectrum]

@DrTeresaSanders @dutchgirlusa @SanDiegoCOE @sdschools @BeKindDreamBig @CADeptEd @TonyThurmond @EDcivilrights Very true. I took my son's education into my own hands this past Fall. He had fallen 2 grade levels behind. He has come up a grade level and a half and is thriving and happy. Must not be mine, nor my son's fault he was not doing well in school.

[Scott Barry Kaufman ⛵ @sbkaufman]

It's time to get rid of this false dichotomy between "gifted education" on the one hand and "special education" on the other hand. Lots of intellectually gifted children have learning difficulties, and lots of kids in special ed are BRILLIANT.

[Takingitdaybyday @Mom75Spectrum]

@ASingh21112 @sbkaufman My son's went down, also, as well as his grades. Why? Mislabled and misunderstood. No more. I will educate him myself. And, yes, it is unacceptable.

[Liath Taigh @LiathTaigh]

This. I realize it isn't always possible but when it is, Get Out. Leave. Your kid is no one's new Audi. Defund the dam lawyers.

[Takingitdaybyday @Mom75Spectrum]

@Wolf_thestral @emkburke Exactly. My son can read his book, listen to the teacher, and be the only one to know the answer to the her Q, but God forbid he did not look at her when he said it. "Eyes forward class." 🤮

[Fiercely Autistic @FierceAutistic]

People have no problem believing that you’re disabled if you’re blind, deaf, in a wheelchair, or you have missing limbs. But if you have an invisible disability? You’re deliberately lazy & forgetful. #Autism #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic

[Takingitdaybyday @Mom75Spectrum]

@RachelAzzara @KarinFox @DrChaeEd This is the problem, I have actually been fighting for 4 years; I have had a lawyer for 2. Here is what I have learned: Districts break IDEA all the time & nothing happens. They broke Child Find twice with my son. You get ONE year to figure it out, prove it, and file a complaint.

[Takingitdaybyday @Mom75Spectrum]

@KarinFox @RachelAzzara @DrChaeEd I was told because he has an IEP I have to go through ISBE. If he had a 504, I could file an OCR. Is that information incorrect?

[Takingitdaybyday @Mom75Spectrum]

@RachelAzzara @KarinFox @DrChaeEd My son did come home & tell me his teacher was not explaining Math so he could understand it. Disciplining him for stimming. Having his accommodations taken away. I brought it up repeatedly & have been in a 2 year fight ever since b/c now they want to send him to BD/ED school.

[Takingitdaybyday @Mom75Spectrum]

@SKH245 @JoeBiden @JoeBiden Will you be sure the Federal government funds IDEA the full amount it promised, rather than the approximate 11-12% states receive now? https://t.co/cSD0PWeMup

[Takingitdaybyday @Mom75Spectrum]

@steve_asbell Moms like that give the rest of us with Autistic children a very bad name and image. Nevermind proving she really does not get what being a loving Mom is all about.

[Takingitdaybyday @Mom75Spectrum]

@AspieandtheBull @moms4FAPE @Bethany11588401 @SKH245 @__Swede__ @DonaldBlake1 @KarinFox @1in5advocacy @MzPoliTweetz @Greasergal @Tica19833 @OPerkel @Mass_CPS @lguisbond @TheActionNet @EducateAll101 @JenVanderputten @twiggyboty @bigmouthmm @OurKIDzCan @nanwaldman @LydaAstrove @athorsen16 @iamamomvocate @TraciLambert14 @NC4SchoolChoice @ChristinaLast3r @Lily_NEA Absolutely. Ask me how many times I, or others on my side of the table, have said it at IEP meetings. My son has said it, himself, "I hum to calm down and concentrate." I sit there wondering how is it possible so many fellow educators just do not get kids.