In the beginning of the year, we apply for the August start of the new school year. We are planning eight months out! So, as a mom of two this is actually my first time going through this process because my oldest had an IEP. Because we were already in the preschool system with an…
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The Frustration in Dealing with Autism
The frustration of being a parent to a child with autism is real. It’s a whole new level of frustration at so many things. Let me count the things and people I’m frustrated with in just the last few days… the school for not communicating what’s really happening regarding my son’s behavior myself; for not…
Access to Early Education
In a recent Sunday paper from the Tampa Bay Times, I came across an article titled “By age 3, rich kids attend school; poor kids stay with grandparent”. I only saw the article because I was looking at the picture of the dinosaur bones on that page because my daughter was so excited about Dinosaur…
Stressful September
Well, I am so very excited that September is on it’s last day! I rarely write on Ruthfulness about topics that don’t relate directly to education, access and advocating for autism and early intervention. But, we are one year in! Happy Anniversary to Ruthfulness. It has been a year since I started publicly sharing my…
Stop Classroom Behavior Charts
I already dislike behavior charts that rank or rate children based on a color wheel and was planning to write this post all week. Then Friday evening I hear my (typical) daughter playing with her toys in the bathtub. She is playing and then I hear her say, “You have to be nice or…
Back to School: What to do when the Going Gets Tough
We are going on week two for school, really only day three come Monday and teachers have to hit the ground running teaching students how to follow rules, procedures and schedules then add the curriculum content and all the mandatory pre-testing, benchmark testing and assessing required. I teach high school and am completely outnumbered and…
Tips to Transition Back to School
Heading back to school this month?! Florida schools are. When school starts, I feel that there is a lot of stress surrounding the event. When you are starting a new school or even moving up a grade to a new teacher kids can be nervous, excited, scared or disinterested. I started thinking about this topic…
Getting Approval… Medical Grant for Autism Services
I wanted to come back to this post about our Medical Grant from United Healthcare Children’s Foundation. I started the grant search process almost a year ago. We applied and were approved in September of 2016 and had a year to spend the $2,000. We didn’t need long to spend the money but it…
File Intent for the McKay Scholarship
The deadline to file for intent to use the McKay Scholarship is July 3, 2017 for the 2017-2018 100% award amount. Parents have to file for intent by July but the paperwork for admission and enrollment at their private school by August 2nd. Just because you file intent does not mean that you have to…
Learning Through The Mistakes
Pretty sure that I have made a big and costly mistake! Can you help me fix it?! So, this McKay Scholarship is all tricky and complex! There are all these rules and processes and no real human to walk you thru the system. It’s one thing to just file intent and fill out some private…
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