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Today Chris and I were on our first parent panel. We were asked to come to a regional meeting that the State Dept of Ed sponsors for those who are service providers for children with hearing loss. There were people in the room from all over ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/24/2010 - 21:23 - 2 comments

I guess I spoke to soon. I made some inquiries about including ASL in Ellis's IEP evals, thinking that it had been overlooked. Or just didn't really exist. When we were preparing his 3yo transition to preschool evals, my understanding was that there ...

Blog entry - diber - 01/28/2010 - 09:25 - 0 comments

'Tis the season for IEPs. And Ellis is getting ready to transition to kindergarten next year. No, that is not my baby going to kindergarten!! Part of the process is evaluations. I was pleased about many aspects of the evaluation results, ...

Blog entry - diber - 01/27/2010 - 22:42 - 8 comments

This evening Ellis and I went over to school for the first ever meeting of the CI Parent Support group. The CI Coordinator and I had been talking about this last fall, so I said I'd make soup, because it was either that or, um, pizza. No offense about ...

Blog entry - diber - 01/27/2010 - 22:31 - 0 comments

I was happy to see this yellow bus pull up yesterday. It meant that we were spared a very cold morning walk, and that Marlowe and I got to spend a little extra time in our jammies. And after this past week, we needed it! And Ellis this it's ...

Blog entry - diber - 12/19/2009 - 18:47 - 0 comments

Ellis had his winter program at school yesterday. Each class did a presentation based on the universal theme "things that move." One class had a "wheels on the bus" thing, another "how animals move", and Ellis's class, well, they "got down, ...

Blog entry - diber - 12/17/2009 - 22:21 - 0 comments

Today Marlowe and I went with Ellis's class on a fieldtrip to visit a farm. We had a hayride. Got to visit chickens and turkeys and horses. And eat apple cider dougnuts. the end Email this post ...

Blog entry - diber - 11/04/2009 - 23:58 - 1 comment

Tonight we went to an open house at Ellis's school. We got to hang out in his classroom with the other families and see what he's been up to. On the way out, we got some of his artwork, including a picture that was clearly four people. I said, "oh, I ...

Blog entry - diber - 10/19/2009 - 20:30 - 7 comments

Yesterday was the first day of the new school year for Ellis. Since we've been involved with school since his first year (early intervention), it seems old hat to us now, even though he is only four. But he moves up to a new classroom. ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/09/2009 - 10:16 - 3 comments

Yesterday Ellis went to the dentist for the first time. Can I tell you how much I have been dreading this? Putting it off until the very last minute? It takes two of us to pin him down for a haircut; I could only imagine the horror of the first dentist ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/03/2008 - 09:18 - 5 comments

Yea, so, Ellis "graduated" from playgroup to preschool on Tuesday. His last in that classroom is tomorrow. And then there's a long break until school starts sometime in Sept, when he'll be with new teachers. Big stuff. The playgroup has been so awesome. ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/06/2008 - 20:09 - 0 comments

Ellis is a big boy now. We held his IEP meeting today in our home and drafted up a thorough Individualized Education Plan for when he turns three in a month and a half (eek!). Thankfully, we squeezed this in before baby. The meeting lasted two ...

Blog entry - diber - 05/03/2008 - 00:26 - 8 comments

We've been having a lot of spring fun at school lately. Almost two weeks ago, the early childhood center had their spring fling, which included presentations by all the classes. Ellis's class (the youngest) did a little play/presentation of The ...

Blog entry - diber - 04/29/2008 - 09:53 - 3 comments

It's been six months since Ellis's CI activation . It was actually 6 mos exactly a week ago, but I've been wanting to sit down and write a long, eloquent post, but it's just not going to happen, at least eloquence isn't. So I'll pound out some details ...

Blog entry - diber - 01/31/2008 - 23:42 - 12 comments

It's probably about time to do another update on how fantastic Ellis is *grin*. I was kind of on hiatus from all deaf blogging for a little while. The comments were starting to get too intense for me, which, to some extent, I allow to happen merely by ...

Blog entry - diber - 11/03/2007 - 22:06 - 14 comments

The two month mark has passed from E's CI activation. He's doing well, especially expressively. When he's wearing the CI, he more regularly turns to his name/other sounds. And he's consistently saying "bye-bye" and "aaah" for airplane. He's imitating ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/27/2007 - 23:14 - 33 comments

Yesterday we went to a picnic that CHOP sponsored for the families of kids with CI's. At first I was a little reluctant to go, since we seem to been Auditory-ville around here. Every time I go to parent events I feel like the weirdo who signs. But I ...

Blog entry - diber - 07/22/2007 - 18:11 - 9 comments

Ellis and I went to his once a week class this morning. Only a couple of other families were there, so it was small and nice. I stayed late talking to E's EI teacher and ended up bawling, which I've never done before. A flood of emotions overwhelmed ...

Blog entry - diber - 07/19/2007 - 00:05 - 0 comments

After being in school for the past 24 years, a day at the playground is welcomed with a sweetness that few could understand. It was warm, sunny. We played, ran, spilled bubbles, got tons of sun on our arms. Then we went to Border's and E got a ...

Blog entry - diber - 04/30/2007 - 23:43 - 4 comments

It's raining and cold. The window is rattling. It's a little annoying, because it's this low constant rattle. Grr. I think I'll go stuff a towel in it. I'm sifting through Foucault. I was up 'til 2. I'm not NOT having fun. But it's not like a blast ...

Blog entry - diber - 10/11/2006 - 17:13 - 0 comments