5 Things to Do If IEP Meetings Make You Anxious Kate Lynch
5 steps to feel calmer as you advocate for your kid
I get anxious every year. When my son’s annual Individual Education Plan meeting is coming up, my stomach starts churning and my heart flutters. It has been nearly a decade. While it has gotten a little easier, I still get nervous. It feels like my son’s future is hanging in the balance every year. Whether it is true or not, that is how it feels.
Everyone else in the room will be a professional educator, and I am the only one there who literally has to live with the outcome of the decisions made during the meeting. Even when I know his team cares about my son, it can be a heavy, lonely experience.
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Being a teen is tough. London teenagers share how the pandemic has made it even harder
Away from her friends and regular routine, London teenager Eesha Parashara developed an eating disorder during the UK’s first national lockdown, which began last March.
Isolation and loneliness, coupled with social media, proved a toxic combination.
“When I ate every meal, my stomach would hurt for about an hour,” Parashara, 17, recalled. “Then not going to the toilet for about two weeks or three weeks. And obviously I was really bloated. And then I looked at my body in different ways. So why am I putting on weight? Why am I not going to toilet? Is there something wrong?”
Mountain America Credit Union Donates New Shoes to Pocatello Preschoolers
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POCATELLO, Idaho, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In partnership with Operation Warm, Mountain America Credit Union donated a pair of shoes and socks to every preschooler attending the Head Start and Early Intervention programs in the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 on May 4-6, 2021. In Pocatello, 18.5% of residents live in poverty, which is well above the national average of 10.5%. Operation Warm s Warm Soles program provides confidence and hope to children in need through the gift of brand-new shoes. The donation is just in time for summer break, giving children a brand-new pair of shoes to enjoy during the summer break.
May 10, 2021 Submitted photo MCCTC STEM students show off their graphic design skills with completed license plates for the Go Baby Go cars. From left, James Groom from West Branch, Aiden Ripple from Austintown, Shelbi Heid from Poland, Dillon Shipley from West Branch and Dominic Pratt from Poland.
CANFIELD On April 24, 22 children received ride-on cars that were adapted to compensate for various mobility needs courtesy of the Magic of Michael Foundation and dozens of passionate volunteers.
The event, called Go Baby Go Youngstown, is in its 6th year of modifying ride-on cars for mobility-impaired children in the community.
Prior to the event, students from the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center (MCCTC) began their work on the project. STEM students used their graphic arts expertise to design custom license plates for each car based on the child’s favorite colors, characters, and other interests. Engineering students from the MCCTC began setting up the cars, purc