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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Friday, January 14, 2011

HELLO NEW MEMBERS

Just added 8 new members to our blog, and hoping that will get the party RE-started, as we've been pretty quiet around here... first off, I'd like to thank my co-chair Karl for covering the meeting this week that I was unable to make. My apologies, Karl - it's so important to have at least a couple of folks who can take care of things, and I am the first to admit Karl takes the prize in this duo!

Hoping everyone is doing well, and that we can see you at the next meeting on February 8 in Auburn. I'd say it might be time to try to connect socially sometime in March anyway, perhaps (dare I say) without kids??? My, what WILL we talk about?! I'm going to put up a poll here on the blog with a few dates and see how many respond that they can make it, then we'll book something. Late March is about the time that many of us are getting ready for annual IEP reviews; maybe we can swap some ideas to assist each other in having successful meetings.

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF here if you're new or if you haven't yet since becoming a blog participant. We all need each other's support at one time or another, and it's always a great thing to meet new people. See you soon! - Cheryl