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Tuesdays With Tyler: Another Meeting With the School
In follow-up to our October meeting with the school, Grant and I again met with the child study team last week. We have agreed to have Tyler evaluated. This would include being evaluated for “academics”, speech, occupational, social and psychological. … Continue reading
The School Called
Yesterday afternoon I woke up from my nap about half an hour before Tyler gets home from school. Grant was just sitting on the couch. “You better sit down”, he said. I didn’t get my disability, someone has died, are … Continue reading
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Tagged child psychologist, Consumer Advocate, disabilities, disabled, education, Emily, fine motor skills, God, Grant, gross motor skills, kindergarten, OCD, poverty, school, special education, Tourette's Syndrome, Tyler
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Tyler’s First, First Day
Monday night I could not sleep. It was nothing new really; when I wake up, whether to go to the bathroom or I hear a noise, I often awake in pain, and then I need to take something for the … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th birthday, anxiety, back pack, Birthday, bus, child, children, education, Eeyore, Emily, first day of kindergarten, first day of school, flood watch, Grant, Hurricane Irene, kids, kindergarten, New Jersey, OCD, school, school bus, Tourette's Syndrome, Tyler
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The Summer of Chronic
About ten minutes ago (around 7 a.m.) I got my first sense of “back to school” dread. Even though I was a good student, I was a girl who loved her summers. I was a tom boy; a tree climber, … Continue reading
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Tagged abilities, anxiety, autumn, back to school, back to school blues, back to school time, chronic, chronic disease, chronic illness, Connecticut, daycare, Depression, diagnosis, Disability, disease, Get Smart, Gidget, Grant, Harriet the Spy, Judy Blume, karate, kindergarten, Labor Day, library, Lupus, New Jersey, New York, OCD, Paul Zindel, pre-school, preschool, sensory issues, Sensory Perception Disorder, Social Security Administration, summer, summer camp, The Cars 2, The Smurfs, Tyler, Winnie the Pooh, winter
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Tuesdays With Tyler: You’re in the Army Now
(On my husbands laptop, again. You know, the one where his possessive/quote key doesnt work? Sigh. I am hoping this is no big deal but it seems that MY computer will not take a charge. I am trying not to … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety in children, bedtime, camp, daycare, elementary school, homeschool, homeschooling, kindergarten, kissing kids, McDonald's, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, only child, preschool, public school, public school education, Sensory Processing Disorder, Smurf, Stepford Wives, summer camp, teacher, Tourette's, Tourette's Syndrome, Tuesdays With Tyler, Tyler
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