IEP Process

The Controversial IEE?

The student had been given three different labels in three years based on only one evaluation.  He was initially identified as having …

Grief Process

Positive Anxiety

I could see the panic in her eyes. “I didn’t plan for this. I don’t know what to do. Who is going …

Grief Process

Healthy Denial

I didn’t use to understand the importance of denial in the grief process. Oh, I labeled it and judged it. I wondered …

Grief Process

Grieving (Part 2)

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross identified feelings of grief (denial, anxiety, fear, guilt, depression, and anger) as part of the pathway to acceptance to any …

Self Reflection

Empathy

I was 34 years old and beyond thrilled to be expecting my first child.  I could hardly contain the news from my …