by Jolene | Oct 21, 2015 | Advocacy, Different Dream, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Advocacy at school. For many in the special needs community, that phrase conjures images of parents breathing fire while toting armloads of files and folders into an IEP meeting or annual review. Not a pretty picture. And, if the truth be told from my vantage point as...
by Jolene | Sep 16, 2015 | Different Dream, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Mid-September. The time of the year when the bloom is off the new school year rose. Lovely summer tans begin to fade. New shoes get scuffed. Spiffy school clothes lose their sizing in the wash. Haircuts go scruffy. The first wave of viruses rips through the classroom....
by Jolene | Sep 9, 2015 | Different Dream, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Welcome to DifferentDream.com, a website for parents of kids with special needs. Today’s post is the fourth and last in a series based on wisdom shared at last spring’s Accessibility Summit. One of the workshops at the Summit, Advocacy: Critical Conversations with...
by Jolene | Sep 2, 2015 | Different Dream, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
Welcome to DifferentDream.com, a website for parents of kids with special needs. Today’s post is the third in a series based on wisdom shared at last spring’s Accessibility Summit. One of the workshops at the Summit, Advocacy: Critical Conversations with...
by Jolene | Aug 27, 2015 | Different Dream, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
For 25 years, I dreaded August. Not because of my anxieties as a parent. But because of my anxieties as a teacher whose inclusive fourth grade classroom contained a high percentage of special need and at risk students. What made me anxious? Getting the classroom in...
by Jolene | Aug 26, 2015 | Different Dream, School/Education, Special Needs Parenting
With the school year drawing closer–and perhaps even underway in some parts of the country–Different Dream’s series designed to help parents become the best advocates they can be continues. The series is based on the content of a workshop held during the Access...
