She's waiting.

Schuyler's IEP Redux took place yesterday. Her previously unsatisfactory speech and language goals were revisited and the new plan for restoring Schuyler's AAC proficiency was worked out, at least on some level. How did it go? I'm not sure how to answer, honestly. The specific goals we wanted were added with a minimum of resistance, and some really good discussion took place that I think will lead to improvements next year. There's a big thing we're asking for that I don't think we're going to get, and it feels important enough that I really believe that without it, everything else might just fall apart, so I'm advocating hard. But no decisions about this big thing were made yesterday, which I suppose is something not altogether like bad news.The meeting was going well, and Schuyler was listening attentively to our timeframes and our plans for implementing better AAC standards. She answered questions and understood (and agreed to, more importantly) the things we asked her to consider for next year. It was clear she was thinking a great deal about all this, about how her verbal expression needs to take a backseat to her assistive technology for now, and the kind of communication she needs to focus on in the near future. We've talked about all of this before. Schuyler is facing the future of her own communication, and she's making plans.It wasn't until she passed us a note during the meeting that I realized all over again how much her plans still include the miraculous."How I c...

Source: Schuyler's Monster: The Blog - May 23, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Rob Rummel-Hudson Source Type: blogs