Feb 3, 2023 | Special Education |
I find myself at the end of the long road I have traveled in all my years of parent advocacy. I made this journey with so many others and learned from each one of them. Our common thread that held us all together was our passion for advocating. Lately this story has...
Jun 2, 2015 | Independence, Special Education, Transition |
The transition process does not just happen the last year of school, I believe it begins at birth. It is what we as parents naturally do when teaching our children to take care of themselves, and that learning process continues when children enter into a public school...
Oct 4, 2014 | IEPs, Parent Involvement, Public School, Special Education |
It’s now October and the school year is well underway. I hope all you parents out there used this past summer as a time to rest and recharge your batteries as much as possible. I am sitting here thinking of the events that unfold at the beginning of each school...
Aug 13, 2014 | Dads, Fathers, Inclusion, Special Education, Vocational Rehab |
I recently posted a story written by a father about his daughter on the Florida Fathers Network page. Of several comments I received, one stood out to me. It reflected that we all need to hear more about positive things and I couldn’t agree more. It is so commonplace...
Jun 11, 2014 | Advocacy, IDEA, IEPs, Parent Involvement, Parents Training Parents, Special Education |
Many years ago I entered into this disability advocacy field thinking I could have everything in control within five years. Yes, I mean everything. As you may have guessed, I couldn’t have been more wrong . I didn’t really grasp the scope of what it was that I...
Mar 31, 2014 | Advocacy, Dads, Disability, Early Intervention, Emotion, Fathers, Florida, IDEA Information, IEPs, IFSP, Parent Involvement, Parents Training Parents, Public School, Special Education |
Trust given is so hard to get back once lost. In the beginning, with blind trust in the professionals working with our child, there was never a need for conflict because there was an assumption that whatever was being done was always in the best interest of our son. ...
