Back to School in a COVID year

Sharing via my PTA  npta.org newsletter:
Parents' Guide to School Online Reopening: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/07/16/back-to-school-reopening-online-parents-guide/5416528002/
Directly from the PTA, questions to ask as you consider what you need to do with YOUR kid: npta.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMDI2ODI4JnA9MSZ1PTM2NzI3NjM1NCZsaT0yNDgxMzI0Ng/index.html

Also from IN*Source: Recovery and Compensatory Services for those still in school

This is also from the Indiana Department of Education, via the above-mentioned IN*Source newsletter:

Updating

from days past

  Max and i keep busy. . .

Diploma or Certificate?: Indiana Diploma Decisions

   Last week i received a newsletter from IN*Source with a document link that i wanted to share with ya'll.
  When we made the decision for Max, i don't think we had enough information. You surely won't be able to say that after be able to say that after reading this pdf. 
  You wouldn't believe how hard it was to track it down without using a l
  This is the best i could do.  Most of the links i found take six lines of blog space! This one still isn't even a link to the actual document, however, if you prefer to learn in a video, there's some of those, as well as other resources.
  The one i'm specifically sharing is called Indiana Diploma Decisions.
https://instrc.indiana.edu/family-involvement/diploma-decisions.html
  To get there from here, read the intro paragraph, then click the box in the (horizontal) center of the page.  The one  
  The page below is a search result.  You should be able to get to the same pdf at the bottom of the page.It's the tall skinny one that says Indiana Diploma Decisions. But everything on the page is worth looking at, if that's where you are.
https://instrc.indiana.edu/transition-resources/resource-search.html?search=diploma+decisions
  The organization's home page: https://instrc.indiana.edu/
   Here is the organization which sent the newsletter:   http://insource.org/resources/transition-to-adult-life/

Survey

from the Center on Commuity Living and Careers / transition list:

On behalf of the Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation services, the Center on Community Living and Careers is collecting information to support the improvement of VR services across the state.

Every three years, Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies are required to develop a Comprehensive Statewide Needs Assessment. As part of the assessment,

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Not Quite Wordless Wednesday: 2017 Indy Decorative Artists Quilt

  If you got into the Women's Building at last month's Indiana State Fair, you may have seen our quilt in its first public outing.
  The quilt

Interview with Boom: School Rules and Discipline in Changing Times

Valerie, aka Mom: Do you remember the incident where the school confiscated your cellphone?

Boom: I would've been in 10th or 11th grade, with my first cell phone,

Bloglove: Sharing from a fellow blogger

Leigh Merryday is an award-winning blogger.  She is a career educator, and a fellow autism mom.  Today i received a great post from her in my inbox, and you may wish to read it too.     The Autism Parent's 7 Keys to Sanity and Success

The Max Report June 2016

long time gone - new world

  Here's some homework we've been working on.

When did he get so big?  And the BEARD?

Thinking college, probably too soon

  John Elder Robison has once more put out a great blogpost.  The newest one is about college for students with special needs, specifically a person with autism but no/very little speech.
  Very thoughtful.  i wonder what college, if ever, for Max will be like?

Landmark College, an accredited two year institution, 4yr programs available; mentioned by Robison
Landmark College on Wikipedia
17 Great Colleges for Students with Special Needs, plus other resources

Wordless Wednesday: Art Progress

These are in watercolors.

article which may be helpful

a lot has changed since this 1940s graduation

From my IN*Source e-newsletter, a link about the latest education law and its effect on special education: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2015/12/essa_special_education.html
If the comments haven't gotten too long, check them out too.

A Couple Articles from my Inbox

The Arc of Indiana shares about their training institute.  Maybe Max can work there someday.
And, as usual, Natalie ("NatKat921) shares an insightful view about an autism in the news article.

A Phone Survey, Very Short

  It's that time of year again: political surveys leading to the fall elections.  i got one of those calls yesterday afternoon.

A Word from Boom

Boom comments on my note to his brother:

Learning In School & Beyond: Part 2: Types of Classes, and Tests for Course Credit (AP, CLEP)

Continuing the discussion of  Learning In School & Beyond: Part  1 :

  In discussing the homework papers with Max, it seemed appropriate to share this with him:

Boom points out that the idea about the parking ticket came from a teacher.  He himself actually never evperienced this.

   Our family are great believers in the concept of testing out.  i gained an entire semester of college credit via testing.  and Boom took 5 AP courses. 

Rocky Beginnings

Max Explores the Stairs of our Extreme Home Makeover

  When Max turned 3, he started preschool.
  We didn't have the words to explain to him what was happening.  The best i could do

First Time Voter

  When i brought Max into the FSSA office a few weeks ago, they were required to ask him if he wanted to register to vote.
  He said yes.
  So Max became a registered voter.

The Most Important Book of 2013

  A few years ago i was hearing a lot about how midcareer adults, as new teachers, could save kids and American Education As A Whole from the mess that All Those Bad Teachers had gotten us into.
  i know one of those.  She would love to do something else, but