Posts Tagged ‘School’

Adoption Family Trees

When I taught Middle School we did a year-long writing project called “My Autobiography”. It included one writing assignment once every week. It also included projects like collages, art, and family trees. Yes, the infamous family tree. I remember one young girl who came to me in tears one...

February 8th, 2010 | Feature, Issues | Read More

Arranging Childcare

Depending on the employment situation of you and your spouse, you may not be parents for very long before it is time to find child care for your newly placed/adopted child. While the last thing you may want to do while cuddling your child and welcoming him home is think about leaving him, daycare is...

December 25th, 2009 | Feature | Read More

What Should an IEP Do?

Individual Education Plans can be VERY confusing for parents AND teachers and most parents are anxious, confused, and feel inadequate when they go into an IEP. I am a former teacher and am now in the role of a parent. I never thought that I would be the parent of a special needs child nor would I be...

November 18th, 2009 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More

What is Visual Processing Disorder?

Many children with autism, SPD, and ADHD also have an underline disorder of visual processing disorder that is often missed and even misdiagnosed. I have heard parents in my Special Needs playgroup tell me that their Occupational Therapist’s respond to them with comments like “oh, he just...

September 19th, 2009 | Special Needs | Read More

What is Auditory Processing?

Auditory Processing, like visual processing, can be difficult to diagnose. In fact, auditory processing most often goes hand in hand with visual processing disorder because they are both neurological disorders and the problems actually overlap in the areas of memory, discrimination, attention, and language....

September 17th, 2009 | Special Needs | Read More

Across the Generations

I remember the very first time I ever considered adopting a child. It didn’t happen for me inside an impersonal doctor’s office or while I prayed in church during a particularly moving sermon referencing James 1:27. It didn’t happen for me while I stared at red-inked hearts scattered...

September 11th, 2009 | China, Feature, Korea | Read More

Classroom strategies for FAS

I spoke to one of my readers via email and she stated that she would LOVE some information on how to make her classroom more special needs friendly even through she has a regular education classroom. I also thought that some of you would love some information for your children’s teachers…I...

September 8th, 2009 | Special Needs | Read More

Wise-ing Up About Adoption and School

My Tongginator begins kindergarten tomorrow. I’m very excited for her… REALLY. I’m also a bit sad for myself. Because – you know – I’ll miss her when she’s gone all day. From 8:45 AM until 3:45 PM. ALL. DAY. I know. Although it doesn’t feel like...

August 27th, 2009 | China, Feature | Read More

It takes a diverse village

Korean/Multicultural Playgroup(because no kids faces show – my kids were next to me having some milk and another little boy was back with us as well) Ok so after Christine’s comment yesterday about how jealous she was of my cooking class I thought I would give everyone more reasons to be...

August 26th, 2009 | Feature, Korea | Read More

What Matters Most

I know many of y’all wish you could move into our neighborhood. I read your comments at Our Little Tongginator… the ones where you crack jokes about Mr. Rogers living down the road from us, or how we must be some lesser-known version of Sesame Street, or that the friendly atmosphere found in...

July 17th, 2009 | China, Feature | Read More