Guest guest Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 Liz I AM SOOOOOOO JEALOUS !!!!!!!! I am dying to go through castle ruins. You have to tell me which ones - I am making a wish list for when I finally get to go. I want to plan out the whole trip so I don't waste time " looking " for stuff to do. Dawn Liz wrote: For a while dh taught in Oxford every summer in a management program. For two summers, we went along. And one summer, we toured Wales! Oh, how lovely is it! We went traipsing through ruins of castles and went canoeing on the Wye River. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 Dawn, We liked the old dilapidated castles the best, because nobody cared if we climbed around them or jumped through the windows. It's fun to see a restored castle or two also. I'll put you on to my dd when she gets home from college. She's got the postcard collection and can come up with a great itinerary. She would live in Wales given half a chance. Liz Abel & Dawn wrote: > Liz > I AM SOOOOOOO JEALOUS !!!!!!!! > I am dying to go through castle ruins. > You have to tell me which ones - I am making a wish list for when I finally > get to go. > I want to plan out the whole trip so I don't waste time " looking " for stuff > to do. > Dawn > > > Liz wrote: For a while dh taught in Oxford every summer in a > management program. For two summers, we went along. And one summer, we > toured Wales! Oh, > how lovely is it! We went traipsing through ruins of castles and went > canoeing on the Wye > River. Liz > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 > Way to go, M!! I'm so impressed. >>>> Liz, Thanks !!! Fania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 <<<<<Montessori always said that teenagers and toddlers are going through parallel phases of development.They're both growing like weeds, and they're both going through separation/individuation. >>> that is not just Mont., Liz. I am familiar with the theories, but when you have tehm at home, LIVE........... :-) <<<There is the added bonus of hormones in adolescence, of course..... Whee! Where would we be without those hormones???>>>> not sure I want to know! lol!! F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2003 Report Share Posted June 3, 2003 <<<<<<. Am I ready for this? Does it matter whether I > am ready for this? And the world marches on...> I think when it comes to our kids - we are never ready for anything ! lol F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 <<<<<<Is there a way to make the public school pay the tuition for the open school?>> none whatsoever. <<<<<<I know exactly what you're going through. When was M's age, he went through three schools before finally settling on the school system he's in now.>>>> it is so hard on them! <<<<<<<< The right program and the right kind of *consistent* support made all the difference in the world>>>>>>> i know, and it is hard ot convince " the system " about that. when there is a failure their conclusioj is always : " the child failed " , not the system or the unsupportive teachers in it..... <<<<<<. Now that he's had four years of very consistent support, we're backing off on the amount of support he'll get next year. He'll mainstream in all his classes with only after school support if he needs it.>>>>> Liz, that is great, and you and must feel acomplished! I will keep 's story in mind to help me get through this period... F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 Liz I tried the " opt out " letter - it didn't work. I tried the letter from the doctor explaining sensory integration issues - it didn't work. Oh yeah - you better believe they got a couple of letters from MOM - it didn t work. The amazing thing was that they were keeping him out of school because of the uniform issue and they were refusing to test him by the child study team because he wasn't in school. I told the principal, the superintendent and the county superintendent what the problem was and they said - sorry - if you can't get him in the uniform - then we can't test him. If you don't get him into school, then we will charge you with truancy and fines and possible jail time. So their big argument when I took their stupid %#@@#! to court was - she never requested in writing that she wanted him evaluated by the child study team. I said nobody told me I needed to do that. They said - oh well, she never requested it in writing. I said I told the principal, super and county super what the problem was and not one of those people told me to put the request in writing - when I finally talked to one of the special ed teachers, she suggested I put it in writing - but because I had already filed the " emergency relief hearing " papers, I decided to wait until we went to court. The judge said they were trying to take a technicality and turn it into a major issue. There was no way I could have filed it in writing if I didn't know the procedure and they were the people put their to help the children and the parents. They were not performing their job to the best of their ability. So - this school district is more focused on rules and rigidity and " do as I say - or else " than they are about educating the students. Sometimes, I think it would be easier to move Dawn 's middle school had a school uniforms policy for the first year he was there, but there was also an opt out provision. Certainly a letter from a doctor saying that a child had sensory integration issues with the standard uniform would work. Or even a letter from mom ought to work. They discouraged it, and certain colors were banned because of gang relatedness (they couldn't wear red and blue together, for example). Dontcha just love it??? Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Fania, I have had your same concerns with my almost 15 yo. He outweighs and is taller than me now. This might be a dumb idea or Mattan might be way past this helping, I don't know - but with Reece (7 yo), we taught him a series of 4 or 5 rules from the beginning. One of the rules was, " I have self control. " The teachers actually came up with what represented " self control " and that was having him sit on his hands in the chair. They would count to ten. He practiced it a lot outside of needing to do it and then when he would get out of control, they would say, " It's time to practice your self control " and they would have him sit in the chair on his hands for the count of ten. Now it doesn't have to be sitting in a chair on ones hands but I was wondering if even Mattan couldn't find ways that represent his " self control " zone and come up with a few (or one) thing he can do when he feels he is spiraling out of control? I don't know if he has tried this already or not. I wish I could help him, poor guy. He works so hard at it. (Not to mention, YOU work so hard at it!!) Hang in there! Roxanna he is quickly becoming a real big male.... it won't be for long that I am > still able to hold him tight to prevent him from hitting or running away.... > ... > F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 <<<<<Now it doesn't have to be sitting in a chair on ones hands but I was wondering if even M couldn't find ways that represent his " self control " zone and come up with a few (or one) thing he can do when he feels he is spiraling out of control?> he has. he removes himself temporarily from the situation. but what happens is that when they see him raging out, they are afraid he will run away or hit someone outside, so they hold him back, which of course makes it worse.. .. we tried a variety of " quiet places " for him inside the school, but he says it has to be outside of school (he never runs away too far, he just needs to be on the outside side of the gates " as he puts it. and teh school won't allow it becasue of security issues that I can certainly understand but he can't.... Funny, this morning it was impossible to wake him up for school. he slept like a stone. I gave in, and decided to let him stay home. U have yet again severe sinusitis, and there is no way I will have the strength to deal with yet anohter bad day at school. Meantme, by the time it was lunchtime i realized i had forgotten to give him (what wuold have Freud said ?)his half-pill of Risperdal, and he i so calm! I will give him his 0.5mg at night as we used to originally and i think I will use todays' forgotten pill as " tapering down " ....... F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Gluten free/casein free diet Re: [ ] Re: Heredity? dumb question: what is the gf/cf diet? wrote: >,I strongly believe " apraxia " rooted in toxicity. I think all of >these kids (mine as well - proven in fact) are suffering from >malabsorbtion as a result of Toxins be it mercury or the ridiculous >vaccine schedule in general. You will notice that many kids who go on >the gf/cf diet improve (expect a rough first 2 weeks). Heal the gut > >better absorbtion > brain heals. > >I for one is very very very suspicious of the vaccines. And would not >vaccinate a second child until the CDC and FDA is EXPOSED and the >vaccines which are belived to be the greatest medical miracle (NOT) >totally revamped. And I would need proof. > > > > > > > > >>I have read that Apraxia " runs in families " . How " true " is this? I >> >> >have > > >>one son with " moderate " Apraxia who is almost 32 months. >>He has been seeing his SLP for about 6 weeks, so we are very new to >> >> >all > > >>of this. We have been kicking around the idea of having another baby >>for a few months now, and now we are kind of wondering whether or not >>we want to do that now. >> >>Any thoughts, opinions, experiences would be so helpful. >> >>Thanks! >> >> >> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 In a message dated 5/14/2007 9:59:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, y.anderson@... writes: wrote: >,I strongly believe " apraxia " rooted in toxicity. I think all of >these kids (mine as well - proven in fact) are suffering from >malabsorbtion as a result of Toxins be it mercury or the ridiculous >vaccine schedule in general. You will notice that many kids who go on >the gf/cf diet improve (expect a rough first 2 weeks). Heal the gut > >better absorbtion > brain heals. > >I for one is very very very suspicious of the vaccines. And would not >vaccinate a second child until the CDC and FDA is EXPOSED and the >vaccines which are belived to be the greatest medical miracle (NOT) >totally revamped. And I would need proof. YES.... that is very true.... If anybody wants to read more on this, go to generationrescue.org and that facts are there! ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 I am barely a lawyer. Spent 15 years in insurance and graduated law school, got pregnant with my daughter at 36. I decided to try to stay home and so far it has worked. I do some part time stuff for one of my company's old firms and eventually plan to do special ed avocacy. I wanted to do that before this and this just solidified it. There's a big special ed firm in our state that happens to be close to where I live so, when the time comes...The mom compliment is huge as I never really feel like I know what I am doing and then when your kid has issues you really start wondering. Got it together huh...that really is a good one...you have no idea how undone my life is but I am so starting to embrace the chaos as we are finally getting healthy and that is what matters. I am so glad Josh has you and thank you for all your support! Liz sherry silvern wrote: >Hi Liz - > > Had a feeling you were a lawyer. > > The only time being a lawyer, in relation to Josh, came in handy was in our little tiny town we lived in from his birth to last June (8 years) - I think the school district just didn't want the possibility of tangling with us (my ex graduated law school but was in financial planning instead) and gave us pretty much what we asked for! I didn't take advantage of that, but it sure was tempting! ;-) Maybe the gov't regs will change - yeah, right! > > What area do you practice? I'm in criminal appeals for a state agency (when I'm not doing Mom stuff). The schedule works out really well - very flexible, no clients to see unless I choose to (since they're all in prison!), and a boss who is terrific. In fact, our head honcho was encouraging telecommuting. I talked to my boss about it for the summer months - Josh's summer school/camp, therapies, etc. would have had me running back and forth from the office all day long - so I'm working from home through August. Gotta say, though, I don't like it - can't wait to get back into the office! I do act as an educational surrogate on occasion and handle some special ed stuff pro bono. Had been in private practice about 15 years ago and did special ed/disability law, elder law, criminal work, and dog law (don't laugh - dog people get into a boat load of trouble!) - hated private practice and couldn't wait to get back to my agency once the legislature reinstated our budget. > > Take care. You're a terrific Mom, too, BTW! Sounds like you've got it together! > > Sherry and Josh > >Liz <lizlaw@...> wrote: > So sorry. I am a lawyer also...not that it is helping. I do have a >friend with a child with a 75 IQ. I believe if it were 74 she'd hit the >jackpot SSI-wise...nuts! I hope you get what he needs. My grandma used >to say Cripes...you made me laugh out loud. Thanks for that and go >get'em Sherry. There is nothing that can stop a mom on a mission and you >are one of the best! >Liz > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Thanks Dana! So glad to hear TLP is a help. I am doing it with the kids now and love it. > > From: ilizzy03 <lizlaw@...> > Subject: [ ] Re: Liz: potty training..please help!!!...any suggestions welcome!!! > > Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 10:51 PM > > > > > > > Hey, I am not in this for the confort:) I recall having a few daytime > accidents at 5 and my daughter never has these. I also recall two > nighttime accidents at 11 or 12. I think for my daughter it may just be > a question of putting her in underwear and toughing it out as she has > pretty great control generally. > > I honestly do not know what is up with my boy. He has some genuine > physical dufficulty sitting on the potty. Were it not for that I > suspect we would be there or at least further along. One day at a time > I guess. > > Met some new kids at the beach tonight. My son spoke freely and was > unafraid. A very different boy from a year ago. Last year to keep him > on the beach I had to indulge an alphabet obsession of his. Nuts. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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