It's a time of the year that I always dread. It's a time of sweat,tears and lots of training. It's not for any kind of sporting event but the dreaded IEP meeting! For me it starts about March, when we are first notified that we will be notified of a time and date for the meeting. I start feeling that panic as soon as I see the worksheet where we are to list what we think are our child's strengths and weakness are, what we would like to see accomplished next year and any other concerns we have. I start sweating writing it all out this one page report turns into a term paper for me~ note cards, key points, references, rough draft, index and all just to fill out 5 or 6 questions.  I'm a mess! Then as we get closer I have to give Ricky a run down of what we (I) want to accomplish with this meeting. I give him quizzes! I'm up at night looking for ideas and programs that might help me feel more prepared. I feel all this pressure to make sure that I do all I can to to ensure that he has an appropriate IEP with good goals that will help him push to learn more but that he can still be successful with.

We are here in the last week now. Regan's meeting is Thursday and I already want to throw up just thinking about it. I never walk out feeling like I did the best I could for him and I'm pretty sure I will have the same feeling this year. But I can say that Regan has made tremendous progress this year. So what if he didn't meet all of his goals he did things that we never imagined he would do and that is what counts. 

Good luck with all your IEP's!!