Adopting Special Needs

The girls enjoyed planting wave petunias in GB's garden. Hope asked for a garden of her own. GB's  anxiety level is at an all t...

The first week after Parenting in SPACE was better. Hope didn't seem to care that we were gone, DAY (Defiance, Aggression, Yelling)...

Today we went to see the girls' psychiatrist. She gave her blessings to stopping therapy until we find a Dan Hughes trained attachment  ...

Today, at 3:30 PM Eastern Time, Hope's ICM caseworker, the new waiver caseworker, and the new caseworker's supervisor are meeting wi...

Today, I slayed one of my dragons. Not using a sword. Not using my intellect. I slayed this dragon with an abundance of paperwork. Every ema...

The SPOA committee meets again tomorrow morning. I have all my bogus paperwork from Texas. I have the listing from CHASK. I have my very...

On Monday, I posted that I had no expectations that the meeting set up by Hope's ICM worker would result in any real help for us. At th...

Hope's meeting today gathered information. The information  will presented to SPOA tomorrow and we probably won't hear anything unti...

Hope had another rage last night, and The Dad was home and was the lucky ragee. The social worker from ICM called this morning and said that...

Yesterday was Therapy Tuesday. I received an email from Ms. VY Teacher detailing a complex lie Hope was caught in and the lies she told to g...

A lot has happened in the last three days. We had two CSE meetings, Therapy Tuesday, new sensory activities, and made a couple of decisions....

A week ago yesterday, I submitted a SPOA form to try to get some support for Hope. Today, I received a phone call from a social worker from ...

Although Orlando has been occupying my mind most of this week, I have managed to  start  the wheels in motion to get more services for the ...

Tomorrow is Hope's our big day. We see the pediatric cardiologist and hopefully get Hope cleared for medication. Please keep us in your...

Valentine Day has passed, but Hope continues to escalate. Since Hope sabotaged the Holter monitor again, we see the pediatric cardiologist o...

A friend of mine, who is an outstanding Trauma Mama, is starting a support group for Adoptive families on the verge of disruption/dissoluti...

Today the girls quarterly Program Review CSE meeting finally took place. We made my before Thanksgiving deadline. Hope was my primary concer...

There was a court ruling that said "teacher observation" is an inadequate way to determine whether a goal has been met or not....

Foster Abba, over at The Final Maze has been writing thought provoking posts on the cost of special needs adoption. They have been banging ...

GB got off the bus Friday and said the aide yelled at her to knock it off and hit her leg. I immediately took Hope aside and asked her what...