Category: Status

Teachers note: “Keira did great in art today. She completed both of our projects independently and totally enjoyed the whole time …..”
LOL Obviously! LOL She came home with the contents of half the art room on her. They should have rung her out before she left to recoup some of what they lost. I have to bathe her now, I’m afraid she’s going to color the entire house using only her body!

Anyone who has ever visited our home and needed to threw something away will be pleased to know that after 8 LONG YEARS I have just removed the baby locks from the ‘under the sink’ cabinet doors.

Me: Keira stop jumping on the couch.
Keira: I like activities.

*How many more insulin syringes can I cram into that sharps container?*
Anyone else ever look at their sharps container and wonder that?
I’m in shock every time I can cram another one in there.

*How many more insulin syringes can I cram into that sharps container?*
Anyone else ever look at their sharps container and wonder that?
I’m in shock every time I can cram another one in there.

The preschool must be teaching sentence structure.
Keira walks up to me and said:
“Help! What you want? I say, I want 2 cookies.”
Injecting my part of the conversation on her own lol

Me: Keira, what are you doing?
Keira: Me read the book.
also said today
Keira: I like the blue one.

Funding
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cregs%2C300%2CB%2C300%252E114%2C

Keira will NOT stop teasing Riley.
The thing is, even if Keira were ‘normal’ Riley would never think to tease Keira lol
Poor Riley – Keira is just like her father LOL

http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/,root,statute,I,B,612,a,5,
Statute: TITLE I / B / 612 / a / 5
(5) Least restrictive environment.–
(A) In general.–To the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are not disabled, and special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability of a child is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.
(B) Additional requirement.–
(i) In general.–A State funding mechanism shall not result in placements that violate the requirements of subparagraph (A), and a State shall not use a funding mechanism by which the State distributes funds on the basis of the type of setting in which a child is served that will result in the failure to provide a child with a disability a free appropriate public education according to the unique needs of the child as described in the child’s IEP.
(ii) Assurance.–If the State does not have policies and procedures to ensure compliance with clause (i), the State shall provide the Secretary an assurance that the State will revise the funding mechanism as soon as feasible to ensure that such mechanism does not result in such placements.