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    Making the decision to stay at home and care for our children is not an easy one to make. Men face the thought of losing their identity as the breadwinner of the family. Here, you will be given the tools to aide you in making this important decision.
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    Now that the decision has been made, you might be wondering where you go from here. Like any project management plan or construction diagram, your new role can be defined through simple planning. Don't forget, you can't plan for everything and eventually you will learn to cede control of some aspects of your day. No worries, here, you will find the concepts that encompass your days. Modify them as you see fit.
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    How do I decide what is important in my day?
    My child threw up all over my dress shirt, what can I do about it?
    Do I have to watch Blues Clues or Dora the Explorer?
    Is this what is called bonding? How do I know I am doing it right?
    I am exhausted, how do I get a break?
    There are many more, click here to find out what they are.
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Featured Site:

 

A new item here at Why Not Fathers… Featured sites.  Before I add a site to our Links page we will feature it here for two weeks.

The first site is Fatherhood Is.  This site is written by a father of six month old twins.  His Five Stages Of Fatherhood are spot on in my opnion of their description of the levels of fatherhood.  It is a worthwhile read.

Cheers:
Carl

 

 

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Last night I published a mobile app version of the Community Autism Support Forums to the Google Play Market. The app is completely FREE and basically allows the same access to the forums as you would via your computer. This app will ONLY work for the Autism Support Forums here as Lost and Tire as it’s a branded app.

Now the Autism support you enjoy from the Community Autism Support Forums is available while on the go.

If you know someone that could benefit from our awesome support group all you need to tell them is to “search for the Autism Help app on the Google Play Store”. They can register for the forums directly from the Autism Help app itself. Super convenient.

Download to your Android device right now: Autism Help 

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Rob Gorski

Father to 3 boys on the #Autism Spectrum. Author of lostandtired.com. I raise #Autism Awareness by creating dialogue and breaking the silence.

Website: http://lostandtired.com/

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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) section 1412-5 defines the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) in the following way:

In General, to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public and private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are not disabled, and special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children from the regular education environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability of a child is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.

Wrightslaw further states “The law takes a commonsense approach to this issue: children with disabilities should be educated with children who are not disabled “to the maximum extent appropriate”.” (Wrightslaw, 2ed, 2011).  The question that then remains is who defines “maximum extent appropriate”?  Things are not so clear in this area.

Parents and education professionals will disagree on the definition of “maximum extent  appropriate”.  The key to successful planning and implementation of the Individual Education Plan (IEP) would be a joint effort to determine what the definition is and understand going into the process what markers will be followed to determine success of the LRE.

Is it possible for education professionals and parents to come to an agreement regarding the definition of LRE?  The answer should be yes.  Not only are the educational rights of the child in question at risk, but the educational rights of their classmates are at risk as well.  LRE’s are unique to each students situation.  Without understanding fully, the disability that the student has, education professionals and parents will both do a disservice to the child’s educational rights.  It would be beneficial to include medical personnel on the IEP team.

 

References

Wright, Pam & Pete, 2011 Wrightslaw – From Emotions to Advocacy 2nd Ed.

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