{"id":3994,"date":"2010-09-07T15:19:35","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T22:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2010-09-07T15:19:35","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T22:19:35","slug":"j2s-iep-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3994","title":{"rendered":"J2&#8217;s IEP Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am so thankful for the direction the Lord lead us last Spring when we realized that we needed help with J2&#8217;s education.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t share it at the time, but things got very bad around here in relation to his schooling.\u00c2\u00a0 He became very angry and discouraged.\u00c2\u00a0 This lead to a depression that caused him to threaten &#8211; and even to attempt &#8211; to take his own life.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>It was a very dark time for all of us.\u00c2\u00a0 J2 is normally a very enthusiastic, happy person.\u00c2\u00a0 But his struggles in school and our inability to help him, created a very angry, very volatile person.\u00c2\u00a0 I pray everyday that my Happy J2 returns, but for now I&#8217;m content that he&#8217;s doing better than last Spring.<\/p>\n<p>After last Spring, we made two big changes.\u00c2\u00a0 (1) J2 started to see a Psychiatrist and eventually a therapist to help him deal better with his emotions and (2) we enrolled him in a charter school &#8211; specifically <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sscs.cc\" target=\"_blank\">South Sutter Charter School<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I had lots of reservations about this change to our homeschool.\u00c2\u00a0 I worried what my local friends would think when I joined a charter and abandoned the private school method of homeschooling.\u00c2\u00a0 I had fears based on the bad experience with a different charter school several years ago.\u00c2\u00a0 And, I was scared that this change would create more busy-work but not help us make a difference for J2&#8217;s education.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;ve been so blessed in so many ways&#8230;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One of the biggest blessings is that both of the charter people whom I work with most frequently are believers.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe that wouldn&#8217;t mean anything to you &#8211; but it was an added blessing to me.<\/li>\n<li>Our ES (Education Specialist) is my former neighbor who has had many, many years of working with special ed students.<\/li>\n<li>My brother &#8211; who&#8217;s working on his special education masters &#8211; has been great to listen to my worries and educate me on the system!<\/li>\n<li>The school has agreed &#8211; based on the new diagnosis of autism &amp; the length since his last testing &#8211; to update all his tests.<\/li>\n<li>This testing will happen quickly which is another blessing!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More than anything else I feel blessed that I&#8217;m not doing this alone.\u00c2\u00a0 I am blessed that I can continue to make the decision to keep my child at home where I know he can do his best work without all the distractions in a standard school setting but\u00c2\u00a0 now I can do it with help and encouragement.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m not alone anymore!\u00c2\u00a0 And, I&#8217;m so thankful!!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3994\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D3994&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=J2%27s%20IEP%20Meeting\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3994\" data-text=\"J2&#039;s IEP Meeting\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"J2's IEP Meeting\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3994\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3994\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20J2%27s%20IEP%20Meeting&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D3994&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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