IEP meeting....

The IEP meeting yesterday went great. As a matter of fact we have to continue it next Friday because of all the interaction and idea sharing we had it actually ran too long. The "team", the school officials and us, both came to the table with the same ideas and goals as we had. We are working for an aid that will eventually be slowly fazed out as Faith learns to overcome her anxiety with school and her a the dog become more of a team. Faith actually went up to the school for a couple hours yesterday afternoon to help out with some first graders so that we can end this school year with some positive experiences. She was so excited. So for the last few weeks she will attend school with her little sister in the afternoons so that she can assist some of her former teachers with classroom work and slowly get her back into a school routine. It is so awesome to know that there are some wonderful teachers and administrators that want our children to succeed regardless of the work or special needs that may be required. I do not know how they do it each and every day with such passion but they do. I have no doubt, even though it will be a long and hard road, but I have no doubt that Faith will get back into school and be successful in the future. We live in a little house in an old neighborhood, one that should be twice it's size, to stay at this elementary school, and this is one of the best decisions Renae and I have ever made. Do not hesitate to ask any questions about the IEP process. We actually have a few people that are familiar with Faith, and who are experienced with IEPs, in there helping us. So do not be afraid to ask. Today we are doing a bake sale during the post wide garage sale, it is fun and I will post a picture on here of it. We are donating all the money from the garage and bake sale to Little Angels and so are our neighbors. The military is so amazing in that we are all family, yet we have little in common except our serving in the Army. Yet no one ever hesitates to do whatever it takes to help each other out. Amazing what can be accomplished when we all suffer together through low pay and long times away from home. Kris