Special Needs

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Comment by Donna on March 29, 2009 at 12:59pm

Hi RP Mom,
I also had an older child with special needs. I consider her "My Blessing."

Comment by Angela Marion {pricousins} on March 29, 2009 at 12:58pm

Hi ladies! I have a 10 yr old daughter who has ADHD. Looking forward to learning more about ADHD and other Special Needs. TMR, Your story brings tears to my eyes. Nice to meet you!

Comment by TMR on March 26, 2009 at 11:48am

Hello there! I am the mother of two daughters, age 19 and 16. My youngest is paraplegic due to a negligent/drunk driver hitting our car head on when she was three years old. I was also severely injured, however I can still walk. Breanna died at the scene but was revived via CPR by two perfect strangers driving home on the same highway, opposite direction of us. Life has been challenging yet so rewarding at the same time. I started a non-profit to help raise funds for spinal cord injuries (sci) in 1999. www.breannareganfoundation.com I also have a myspace for our story at www.myspace.com/paralyzedatthree. I am happy to join this group and look forward to interacting with you all. Have a great Thursday afternoon!

Comment by NC Mom on March 26, 2009 at 10:19am

Thanks RP Mom. Do you read minds? LOL! I have thought of having him do that, but will need to ask his teacher. Some are funny that way. Then that makes me wonder what they are trying to hide. He use to take his tape recorder to class when he was in middle school without a problem. So, I will need to check into that soon. Thanks, I guess I just needed to hear someone else suggest that.

Comment by RP Mom on March 26, 2009 at 9:33am

NC - I can speak from personal experience! In high school I did not test well at all. I too was very focus on taking the notes instead of comprehending what the teachers were saying. My Mom was like you -- doing her very best to help me!!! I had an amazing teacher who helped me out as well. She had me bring a small tape recorder to class to record what she was saying. It allowed me to focus more on what she was saying and not so much getting every word she said down. I would then fill in my notes at home with the most important information. I am happy to hear he is flourishing in his art classes!!

Comment by NC Mom on March 26, 2009 at 6:25am

Hello Ladies! My name is Teresa also.I am a Mom of 3. A daughter 21 and twin 15 yr old boys that are LD. One, that is doing Fantastic in school and has made the Beta Club. The other is still struggling and shows the signs of just giving up. I try my best to help him study and try new ways to help him study for test, but he has never been one to do good on any type of test. He has a IEP and most of the teachers work to accommodate him in his classes. I am open to any suggestions. He is a teenager now and if anyone has teanagers, they think they know everything. He flourishes in his art classes and other hands on subjects that he is taking. My worries are in the classes that are required and the teachers in his English,civics, and science classes do not teach this way. He is required to take notes, and spends too much time making sure he is writing notes instead of comprehending what the teacher is talking about.
The first 9 weeks are almost over and I want to help him get through these last 9 weeks without failing every test he takes.

Comment by RP Mom on March 25, 2009 at 10:54am

Teresa thank you for joining!! I am very excited to have a special education teacher here. You are an amazing person for what you do!! All special education teachers hold a special place in my heart.

Comment by Teresa McBroom on March 25, 2009 at 9:37am

I'm not a mom of a special needs child I am a Special Education Teacher who works with one daily all day! I absolutely love her like she was mine! She has Cerebral Palsy, & Agenesis of the corpus callosum- middle part of brain not there- She is so amazing! We have lost of fun together!

Comment by RP Mom on March 24, 2009 at 2:31pm

Hi Moms!!

I wanted to share a great web site that we have been using with my son. Its called Do2Learn.com -- lots of great fun things for our little ones!!

http://www.dotolearn.com/

Comment by AMANDA on March 19, 2009 at 7:06am

HI MY NAME IS AMANDA.I AM THE MOM OF 2 BOYS 16 AND 2 1/2.MATTHEW IS MY BABY AND WAS BORN WITH DOWN SYNDROME.WE DID NOT KNOW THIS TILL HE ARRIVED .HE WAS NOT BORN WITH ANY HEART OR OTHER MEDICAL FACTORS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT THANKFULLY BUT HE IS HAVING A DELAY IN TALKING.I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO OTHER MOM'S MAYBE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THINGS!!

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