Think of a time in your own life when you experienced someone else’s anger. Where were you? What did you instantly feel? What did you do or not do? In 2012, I was in the Miami airport on the way to Haiti. My phone rang as I was waiting to board. I answered thinking my …
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For Parents: Essential Steps My Reflection: As I review this list, the three that caught my attention are… Of the three things that got my attention, the first was the recommendation for parents to ask what other parents ask. This is such a valuable question because they might be so flustered by the whole process …
The Story of Sam The first thing I felt as I read from Sam’s mother’s perspective was her exhaustion. They had taken Sam to two pediatricians, a neurologist, a geneticist, an audiologist, a speech therapist, and now the school psychologist in the course of two years (Fialka, Feldman, & Mikus, 2012, p.40). They just want …
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How the Dance Begins What can be done or said to ease this awkwardness, ambivalence, or initial uncertainty? “It is up to the professionals to get to know each family and to honor each family’s unique ways of coping, shaping their lives and supporting their children” (Fialka, Feldman, & Mikus, 2012, p.10). As professionals we …
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I am a teacher of 24 years. The last 5 of those years, I have been blessed to teach a self-contained special education class. My goal every day is to find the joy in every situation and in every child. I look forward to sharing my heart through this blog.
All JOY...All the time!