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[quote=Anonymous]Does anyone have any positive (or negative) experiences to report from working with other SN parents at your school to affect change? Our school has been having numerous issues with many of our kids. A few of us (5 families I know of) have been talking about our issues with each other and with the principal...but we have yet to work together except to share our experiences and compare notes. County people (procedural support liaison, instructional office, behavior support, etc) are involved in many of our IEPs because we invite them. I believe the common thread that runs across all of our experience is that the teachers are either inexperienced or unable to work to understand our children. Whenever there is an issue they seem tell us (parents) about it looking for a solution or wait until we notice it and ask them how they (and us together) can solve it. None of us have ever been met with an effective strategy as an answer to one of our children's needs UNLESS it comes from one of the FCPS personnel above our teacher/school level. On top of that, each of us are having major issues with the implementations of the IEPs written for our children. Again, I think that is because we are bringing in county and private experts to write the IEP, but can't be there every day to monitor how it's implemented. I think we are on the cusp of seeing changes at our school but I don't know what form that is going to take: teacher training, new teachers? It is a really small school (&lt;500) and I believe the principals are frustrated based on feedback we are seeing/hearing. Still, I continue to wonder if, as parents, we can do anything other than advocate for our children individually and complain/strategize with each other.

At the very least, maybe we need a formal &quot;support group&quot; in our neighborhood but it seems we could do more than that.  Maybe even a PTA committee? I have no idea. Thoughts?[/quote]

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