How do you make a child with PDD-NOS, and XXYY Syndrome accept change? In my experience the answer is slowly. In September, Jacques will be attending a new school. Not by my choice, but because we have been “rezoned”. Matt and I decided before the kids were born, we wouldn’t move and disrupt their school. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘IEP’
New School Journal – Prologue
Posted in New School Journal, tagged 48XXYY, Anxiety, autism, feelings, IEP, IPRC, Learning Disabilities, school, Special Education on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Autism Spectrum Disorders and 48 XXYY
Posted in 48XXYY, tagged 48XXYY, autism, IEP, IPRC on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the latest chapter to get Jacques an IPRC, I have gotten a psycologist to perform a psycho-educational assessment for Jacques. I learned a lot of useful things in that discussion with the psycologist about Jacques, but the one thing I didn’t expect was an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis. Dr. Rowden diagnosed Jacques with PDD-NOS. [...]
A source of endless frustration
Posted in 48XXYY, Learning Disabilities, tagged 48XXYY, IEP, IPRC, Learning Disabilities, school, Special Education on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I’m all upset, yet again, about IEPs and Special Education. This time I will blame it on reading an article in the Toronto Star that pretty much claims that I am in the same boat as many other parents in Ontario. The fact is, I am a math person, and all of this stuff (IEPs, special ed. [...]



