Today’s forecast is a 62% increase in speech therapy

Today we had John’s IEP (Individual Education Plan) meeting. I have never been more ready for a moment than I was today. Everything I have been doing the past couple years and more specifically, over the last year, prepared me for this.

We started out the meeting by having John come in and say “Hi” to the representatives at the IEP. We feel it is important for people to meet the child whose future is being decided.

We did tell the district ahead of time that we planned to push for an increase in John’s services and as a result, they had ten people from the school at the meeting, including two district executives. It felt like they were stacking the deck against us. However, I wasn’t intimidated or worried. In fact, I was glad they were all there because I knew there was no way they could say they didn’t have the authority to approve the services we were asking for.