But I don't want to be an expert!
You know, I'm sick of becoming somewhat of an authority on medical issues. Seriously. If I had wanted to know this much about various medical conditions, I would have gone to medical school. And if I had wanted to learn this much about school politics, policies and procedures, I would have finished my education degree. However, due to circumstances, most beyond my control, I do have this knowledge. It pisses me off. Really, it does. I mean, education and learning and bettering yourself are all wonderful and all, but damn! I really hate having to know about cancer and rheumatoid arthritis and epilepsy and IEPs and ADHD as intimately as I do. It kills me to be able to answer, with full confidence, some of these questions people ask about these things.
Today we had Heather's IEP meeting. I think it went well, as I really like her SLP, and she's very conscious of keeping Heather in the program. While most of Heather's speech issues aren't technically elligible for services because some asshat bureaucrats whose kids have never had actual issues decided that the programs for these issues cost too much money, her SLP has worked with her on them because she agrees with me, not the red-tape-monkeys. Now we're trying to get her into an inclusion setting for next year in the PK program with an OHI (Other Health Impaired) for her epilepsy, as well as speech for the apraxia. It's an uphill battle the whole way, though.
Today we had Heather's IEP meeting. I think it went well, as I really like her SLP, and she's very conscious of keeping Heather in the program. While most of Heather's speech issues aren't technically elligible for services because some asshat bureaucrats whose kids have never had actual issues decided that the programs for these issues cost too much money, her SLP has worked with her on them because she agrees with me, not the red-tape-monkeys. Now we're trying to get her into an inclusion setting for next year in the PK program with an OHI (Other Health Impaired) for her epilepsy, as well as speech for the apraxia. It's an uphill battle the whole way, though.