Darby’s method of dealing with the health, educational and behavioral challenges her family faced with her son, Max, was mentally to \u00abput those into buckets, and then deal with each overflowing bucket.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00abMax had missed a lot of school due to illness, he was behind academically, he kept getting sick, and he started having extreme behaviors. I felt totally overwhelmed,\u00bb explained Darby. Not knowing what else to do, Darby reached out to a friend in health care who referred her to Raising Special Kids. \u00abI followed up the very next day, and it has really helped me.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first challenge she tackled was education. \u00abI knew he was behind, and I didn’t want to wait until he failed before we got help.\u00bb Darby was frustrated by the school’s response to her concerns, but with help, she was able to get the testing and evaluation she wanted. \u00abRaising Special Kids staff member really listened to me. She coached me in how the process works and gave me pointers that prepared me so much better for the IEP meetings. She decoded terms and reviewed the IEP document with me so I could ask intelligent questions during the meetings.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Darby noted when the evaluation results came in, \u00aba bunch of problems popped up that we did not even know were there.\u00bb With the new data, the IEP team was able to start addressing issues at school more effectively, and Darby had more concrete information to bring to her son’s medical providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00abThe help really empowered me and helped me to become so much more effective. I really feel like she cared about me and my son, and now I feel like I know what is going on.\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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