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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t have experience with IEP meetings since our kids go to Catholic school. However, I can tell you I feel like crap after every one of our “Catholic Plan” meetings. It feels terrible to have them always centered on the things your child doesn’t do well on and all their shortcomings. I’ve had some meetings with a group of teachers who are all so negative. I once even had one teacher say we are terribly concerned we’re not sure how your kid is going to make it through middle school. And yet now the kid is in high school and doing well. It’s so stressful, we are doing the best we can and are trying to advocate for our kid and it’s hard enough let alone being told everything your kid cannot do at that moment in time. I will say it gets better though and you get less emotional as time goes by. I started having my husband come along seems to change the tone of the meetings. Suggest bringing a loved one along if it’s helpful. One of the most surprising things to me is that I found out later that some of those same teachers have kids with disabilities as well and yet they were harsh during these meetings. I don’t understand it but I guess that’s part of being your kids true advocate and believing in them and trusting that they will progress and be fine. Keep going, don’t let these meetings bring you down, know that your child will progress, and know there are so many of us out there going through the exact same things and you aren’t alone. Hugs![/quote]

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