Surviving the System: Therapy

Monday, November 22, 2010

Therapy

Therapy is in order after way too much stress with kids and work of late. I've decided knitting (and patting my dog) is the best therapy. To the left a wrist warmer using my newly acquired cable knitting skill. I like the symmetry of patterns and the fact that I have to concentrate or it gets screwed up.

I hope to be back to posting again soon. Eventually I might be able to post about the kid based stress. Maybe a little more knitting first...

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AnonymousNovember 22, 2010 at 10:56 PM
Take care of yourself. I was excited when I saw saw your new post but understand that sometimes stepping back, resting,and reflecting are in order. I have four grown kids including MSK so I really get it! Plus the holidays always throw me into a panic. Enoy the long weekend.
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Romantic DinnerFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:19 AM
Good Job and nice posting . great idea and best details shared in the post i loved it
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About this blog

This will be anonymous because schools can be pretty political, but hopefully constructive. My eldest child entered Kindergarten 16 years ago and I figure I've got another 4.5 years until my youngest finishes. By this fall between the three children we've been enrolled in eight different schools. There have been CST meetings, IEP meetings, PTO meetings, PTA meetings, fund raisers and vast quantities of homework. We are in public schools because we believe that justice starts with a decent free education for all and if I want decent public education being personally involved is the first step.

Glossary and Acronym List

Autism Spectrum - the spread of behaviors that define autistics. The primary areas are difficulties with communication, social interactions and change/lack of order. You can see the official diagnosis criteria here.
CST - Child Support Team, a group (including parents) that meets when a student is having difficulties
ESY - Extended School Year. In our experience, related to special needs kids who go to school over breaks because there will be significant regression in skills over the break if they weren't in a school setting.
FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education. This is the right of every American child, but is usually a term about creating or finding a learning environment that works for a special needs student.
IEP - Individualized Education Plan. A written plan of goals and ways to achieve them. Typically for special needs students
PTO & PTA - Parent Teacher Organization & Association
SST - Student Support Team, I guess this is the new term that replaces CST