WELCOME AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS FAMILIES!

Welcome to our blog - the place for sharing, support and information for parents of children with special needs in the Auburn, MA community. More and more parents are signing up to join our online community, and that is very exciting! It also means that our community recognizes the need to be supportive to each other and to our schools. Raising a child with any special need is at best, difficult, and at worst it is heartbreaking, frustrating, and exhausting. Emotions can run the gamut, from elation to anger. We need to support each other through all of it.

As the manager of several online support communities since 2003, I have seen people vent their frustrations in a seemingly secure environment, only to find out that their words and print have been shared and caused significant problems for them. Please remain cautious about negative comments toward any particular persons, districts or situations that could be hurtful or harmful to your family or anyone else's family. This blog is not being moderated, but there are members here who work in the school systems, who have been invited as part of our efforts to create a cohesive, transparent, supportive community.

If you are having trouble with your school district, team, administrator or teachers, the most appropriate place to discuss those concerns are with your child's team. Thank you!

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

New to This Blog

Hi, I'm Bernie Engvall of Auburn. I co-chaired the Auburn SEPAC for many years with Cheryl Chan, and before that with others. (Probably a total of 10 or 12 years) So, the SEPAC is not new to me, but this blog is. My husband Greg and I have two sons, Eric (age 21) and Wesley (age 17). Eric has autism. He is still getting services from the Auburn Public Schools, but is only at the high school 2 days a week. The other three days he volunteers at two different sites with a job coach. They have been actively looking for a part-time paying job for him, but no luck so far. Eric will age out of special education on January 3rd of next year when he turns 22. It's very scary not knowing what he will be doing then.
I work in the Auburn Public Schools as an instructional assistant for kids with special needs. This is my 13th year. This is a job that my son led me to (before that I was a bookkeeper for about 20 years!). By having an older child, and by my experience in the school system, I hope I can help others on this blog as they deal with the many challenges that we all face having a child with special needs.

Bernie Engvall
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