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Inclusion: The Death of Special Education?

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

I have not been writing much these past few days but I have been reading a lot.  And one of the conversations I notice going on out there is the endless debate about who is to blame for America’s failing public school system.  And with regard to Special Education, does Inclusion work?
Now, for those of [...]

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Sometimes I Wonder

Monday, November 1, 2010

if Rye is going to have a hard time making good decisions for himself as he gets older.  And sometimes it really scares me.  It’s tricky because at times he can be such a  mature and astute kid and can make really good decisions, is a good conversationalist and seems to really have his head [...]

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Homeschool: Reunited And It Feels So Good

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Yes, we are officially homeschooling again.
And now we’ll need a few days to decompress from the ‘heightened state of awareness’ lifestyle we’ve become accustomed to living.
Because when you are a special needs child or the parent of a special needs child and you are dealing with lower functioning public schools [of which there are way [...]

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Waiting For Superman: The Documentary

Sunday, October 24, 2010

This is a must see documentary.
‘Waiting For Superman’ attempts to tackle the problem of public schools in America and explain at least some of the reasons why the overall public school system is generally a failure today.
It looks at how the public school model is outdated, why drop out rates are so high, why even [...]

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How The Outdated Public Education Model Creates A Rise In ADHD Diagnoses And Lowers Creative Thinking

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

This is a great video.  It is about the current public education model and how it is based on the times of the Industrial Revolution and harms as many kids as it helps.  As Don and I seriously contemplate pulling our son out of public school again [as we see daily that it's doing him [...]

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The Stress Effect

Thursday, September 30, 2010

The Good News: After a few days at home, Rye is back to himself.  Perky, animated, grounded.  His usual bouncy self.
The Bad News: The cause of his mental distress was and is his school situation.
This will have to be addressed.
This is the direct result of our state pushing for and insisting on mainstreaming all kids [...]

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Absence Note To School

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Dear Mismanaged and Underfunded Public Middle School,
Please excuse Rye’s absence from school yesterday.  Due to the fact that you insist on mainstreaming bipolar children and refuse to acknowledge children with emotional disabilities as being worthy of any significant amount of additional assistance in the public school setting, Rye is now completely stressed by your school [...]

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Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) For Bipolar Disorder

Thursday, September 16, 2010

So, as you know by now, we have a few difficulties with the school Rye attends.  And that would be a gross understatement.  Without going back over it all, suffice it to say this is not the most enlightened, progressive, or proactive public school in the world.  Or, even in our county  (which, by the [...]

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Uno, Dos, Tres, Cuatro, Cinco, Cinco, Seis

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Rye got in trouble last week for having a conversation in Spanish with a student from Mexico during computer class, to the exclusion of the other students in the class.
The teacher was pretty upset about it.  She made it a point to find me in person when I picked him up to tell me about [...]

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Back To School

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Today is back to school day here at the homestead.
I’m excited and nervous all at the same time.  Excited to have some time to myself.  Excited to get back into a routine.  Excited to not be on 24/7 kid duty. However, I’m nervous as well.  Rye’s school is not the pride and joy of the [...]

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Goodbye, Oh Lord Of the Flies

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

After an incredibly terrible rage/meltdown on Rye’s part after school yesterday (he was whipped by another kid with a long stick that made a huge welt/mark on him and nothing was done to protect him or help him), me having to completely knock him out with Klonopin when we got home just to calm him [...]

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