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I attended a meeting last week about IEP's and what to expect. There was SO MUCH information we were given. I had already attended a few of them for my ASD Littles but knew that things were only going to get more challenging as they get older, so I was hoping to learn more. Well... I have enough reading material to last me for a very long time, as you can see from the picture.<br />
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I joked to my husband that we learned about policy, laws, laws for those laws and policies, protocol, and various ridiculous acronyms. Alphabet soup! Anyway I have a ton of researching and reading to do. The sad part is that none of this information is truly practical. What we parents want to know about are anecdotal, scenarios, "what do we do if...", and etc. Those are the classes I think we need.<br />
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When we go into those IEP meetings sometimes it's just overwhelming with a handful of "professionals" talking to each other about what to do, as opposed to bringing you into the conversation and talking WITH you. Plus, as a parent of special needs kids you might be overcome emotionally thinking about them and the tough time they're having. There are also the pressures on you to fight for them and get the help they need, but you don't even know WHAT they need... there's just a lot of crap thrown at you all at once.<br />
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I think a parent group would be a good thing for me - a chance to talk to others and share stories, especially the horror stories. Believe it or not, parent groups are hard to come by.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3106788052801319196-6079838569943201534?l=autismathome1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
