Wishful Wagon

  Discussion of topics to build awareness, increase knowledge-base, and ultimately assist in conquering the challenges of being special parents of kids with special needs, such as those with autism or adhd.     M y son was nose-diving.  It didn't seem to be an emergency to the school, but it certainly was to me.  So, I requested an IEP meeting.  We had to figure out what was going on and correct it ASAP before he crashed and burned.     I received a "Notice of Special Education IEP/ Placement Meeting" form.  It documented when and where the IEP meeting would be held, who would attend, and the purpose of the meeting.  My son's teacher was scheduled to attend, his speech therapist, the school Principal, the Local Educational Agency Rep, along with another Special Education teacher.  The LEA was one of the Special Education administrators I had spoken to when I expressed dismay about my son being pulled from his previous school even though he was among those there first.

  Discussion of topics to build awareness, increase knowledge-base, and ultimately assist in conquering the challenges of being special parents of kids with special needs, such as those with autism or adhd.     S o, my son's first day of Kindergarten was on August 9th.  By August 22nd, he had been transferred to a different elementary school by the Special Education Department because they said they felt it was in my son's best interest to be moved.  While my son was in Pre-K, he had started to act out very aggressively toward the end on the school year.  The behavior seemed to come out of nowhere.  Not that he had never previously had moments of aggression.  He had his moments.  However, the Special Education team he had at the time described an escalated level of violent behavior that had not been taking place earlier in the school year.  We actually had an IEP meeting about it close to the end of the school year.  Needless to say, I was very concerned about how my son's