Like most parents with an unknown family history of dyslexia, and / or those who just have no idea dyslexia exists or anything about it, I spent a small fortune on every Scholastic book event my son's school held in Kindergarten and throughout most of 1st grade on 1st readers. I was trying to spark … Continue reading A Mother’s Shame →

This is a hard one to write.  It's hard to admit when one burns out. My burn outs are never permanent, and I probably shouldn't call it burn out but something more creative like "rest and regroup," or my more common aphorism, "my dyslexia vacation." The fact is the advocacy fight for my child takes … Continue reading On Fire →

The night before ARD #3, I had a conversation with a friend of mine, the super amazing Neuhaus trained teacher warrior mom (#teammom), and she asked me a very hard question I am certain took a great deal of courage to bring up. "How far are you willing to go if you lose tomorrow?" While … Continue reading Preparing for Battle – The Conclusion →

So here we are, at the tail end of our long story (there will be one more post after this one with the final conclusion).  I wish I could have done this in one entry, but no one would have read it, and there was no way to make this shorter, at least, not for … Continue reading Preparing for Battle – Part 4 →

This image makes me giggle! Picking up where I left off, at this point in the meeting, I have gone through the Lindamood-Bell evaluations, answered all relevant questions, and there were LOTS of questions, pulled out the 4 bell curves and took a breath.  With the visual image of the bell curves, the room is … Continue reading Preparing for Battle – Part 3 →

It was clear based on how long they made me wait in the lobby, that they had already decided on the agenda. They pulled me into the room, finally, and I immediately asked where my child was.  They were all unaware apparently of my request (made to a diagnostician that was off that particular day), … Continue reading Preparing for Battle – Part 2 →

It's been a stressful 2 months. In the month of March I was sick twice, had 2 ARD meetings (both tabled) and took 2 trips. So far April has been all about waiting. But, this month (April), at long last, I hope, closes the loop on an ARD that has been tabled twice thus far, … Continue reading Preparing for Battle – Part 1 →