Since January, we've had three teacher conferences, one re-eval meeting (every three years to determine if still eligible for special education services), and three IEP meetings. Usually we are able to space them out a bit more, but it just worked out that way this year I guess.Today was our last IEP meeting, for Bitty. He's doing well and it was nice to be able to take that time to look at how far he's come since we set his goals last year. He still has significant delays, especially in communication...
Thursday, February 17, 2011
IEP's are done
Comments (5)Labels: autism, education, IEP's, progress, school, special needs, updates
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Monday, February 14, 2011
Stress and gratitude
Comments (7)Labels: anxiety, autism, help, meltdowns, sensory, SPD, thankful
Apologies in advance for a bit of a "downer" post (it gets more upbeat at the end of you'd like to skip ahead, lol). It was an exhausting weekend (and not really just this weekend) and sometimes writing about it helps me sort things out in my own mind, see patterns that I miss "in the moment," and brainstorm ideas.Little Bitty has been having more difficulties than usual lately...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Handsome
Comments (4)Labels: autism, pictures, prism glasses, vision
Cuddlebug in his new glasses. He looks handsome as ever, but somehow the glasses make him look more grown up. (sniff)The doctor confirmed he has double vision and nearsightedness. His glasses have made things clearer but he's still seeing two of everything so they're going to do some adjustments to the prisms in his lenses and hopefully that will help.Bearhug has mild nearsightedness...
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Best moments
Comments (1)Labels: quotes
Bearhug: "Hey Mom, do you watch football?""Sometimes, yeah.""Did you watch football in November?""Yeah""On November 15th?""umm.... I don't know.""Because one of the best moments in football was on November 15, 2000."!?!He went on to describe what sounded like a pretty cool tackle. We're watching the pre-game stuff for the Superbowl but I wasn't really paying attention... apparently they're showing clips of some of the "best moments in football.":)If you enjoyed this post, get free updates by email...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Vision and autism
Comments (2)Labels: autism, research, sensory, vision
While I was researching Cuddlebug's vision issues this weekend, I came across several interesting articles on vision and autism. Apparently vision issues are common in people on the spectrum. Makes sense, as visual development is linked to motor development and both rely on good sensory integration.Here are excerpts from a couple of the articles I found (with links so you can read the whole thing), which may be of interest to others."Vision problems are common with autism and many times are overlooked....
Seeing double
Comments (2)Labels: sensory, updates, vision
Cuddlebug and I were at Scouts when he told me, "Hey Mom, I see two of everything.""What?""I see two of everything.""When did this start?" (thinking it must be a recent change and trying to figure out what might have happened to make him start seeing double)."Five months ago." (?!??!!)"You've been seeing double for five months? Why didn't you say anything?""I didn't think it was a bad thing.""How have you been able to read all this time?""I read everything twice.""Doesn't that drive you crazy?"...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Comforting others
Comments (1)Labels: autism, empathy, family, I love my babies :), love, sweet boys
Here's one for my journal... my boys are such sweet blessings :).~~~~~~~~~~~I started feeling a headache come on as I was leaving work to head home. Due to icy roads it took longer than usual to get home, and by the time I got there I thought it might be a migraine. But it wasn't too bad yet and I knew dh and the boys had been waiting for me to get home so we could get out before...
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