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Numeracy is merely knowing and using numbers and their patterns....so things like fact families, the "tricks" like doubles, doubles plus one. It's being able to use numbers fluidly. Mep looks like a strong numeracy program...don't know any of the others.
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Doctor's are not always the brightest and may not realize that a child has a food allergy unless the parent tell them flat out that the child is allergic to the food and needs to be tested, because the parents were talking to others who know about food allergies who said it was probably a food allergy...and then they tell the parent that when the results are negative the next step...to turn around and 2 days later call and ask how fast the parents can be there to get the epi-pen because the results where so high...yeah so others could really help educate parents to fight for their kids regarding food allergies.
Just like after my dd was diagnosed I told my sister, for 2 years, that her dd had food allergies too...and she was recently diagnosed with milk, egg, and peanut allergies!!
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The flooding is catastrophic! Crested at one of the highest ever 29 feet (flood stage was 18). Covered bridge in Quechee gone, Simon Pierce underwater, the main shopping district in west leb was closed yesterday as the water rose don't know how damaged it is. Many many people evacuated to the High School to wait. Thank goodness the rivers crested this am and are going down but the damage is saddening. The hurricane produced no dangerous winds but the rains caused an incredible amount of damage. :(
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If you pray please do...I live in a town that is at the crossroads of the conneticut and white rivers both are flooding and expected not to peak until tomorrow. Homes, bridges are being washed away and people have been evacuated. The rain appears to be done but the water will keep rising. We are quite high up and are safe but I am worried about a number of friends who are closer to the river on both sides.
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I am in VT on the border with NH, upper valley area, and it appears a rather unevent...Lots and lots of rain which is causing some localized flooding and supposedly the river that divides the states will start flooding today and into tomorrow but the wind has been pretty nonexistant, and only a comparatively small number of people are out of power here. So overall looks good, although we have a few more hours till it is officially past us. Have read about really bad flooding in other towns though like Brattleboro a town we drive through a whole bunch.
And I just saw pictures of another town in our township and the water is rushing over a bridge that we have driven across before...so the flooding is the real scary thing here...we are on high ground so not a problem for my family but a tragedy for a number if other families and we won't know the full extent until it peaks tomorrow.
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I am in VT on the border with NH, upper valley area, and it appears a rather unevent...Lots and lots of rain which is causing some localized flooding and supposedly the river that divides the states will start flooding today and into tomorrow but the wind has been pretty nonexistant, and only a comparatively small number of people are out of power here. So overall looks good, although we have a few more hours till it is officially past us. Have read about really bad flooding in other towns though like Brattleboro a town we drive through a whole bunch.
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As the birthmother of a child I gave up for adoption.......I hate hate hate when people refer to people like my husband and I as an egg or sperm donor.
Birthparents are not simply donors, they are the people who create adoptive families. Without them there would be no adoptive families. If you adopted a child you should go down on your knees and thank God that those people had unprotected sex that led to the creation of your family. And then made the difficult decision to carry that pregnancy to term.
You cannot expect that a birthparent will ever forget that child you have. And adoptive parents should never forget the amazing gift that was given to them.
Yet another myth you are helping to break! Birthfamilies are not people to be feared they are people to be loved and thanked. The 2 woman who placed their children are INCREDIBLE. They didn't always make the best choices but this time they made the VERY BEST choice for them at that time. I am sure it was hard and is still something they each deal with often but they are the most amazing women and I am grateful to share our children with them.
I will say regarding open adoption, we were not open when we started but then we met my dd's birthmother and I was ready to be as open as possible. She choose not to be open. So with my son we have a very open relationship, texting, visits and it has been one of the most incredible parts of adoption. She gets to see the child she loves and get her questions answered and I got to know from her own text message and talking with her that she does not regret her choice to place her son in our home.
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People chose their own routes toward adoption for many different, very personal reasons. That said that the stats are not in favor of adoption in the US. According to the National Council for Adoption 3 million children are born every year in unplanned pregnancies. Of that 1.3 million will be aborted, 1.2 million will be raised by the biological family, and only 18,000 will be placed for adoption. From the agencies I have talked to every baby they get will be adopted there is no lack of adoptive families for a baby born in the US that is placed for adoption. Regarding Foster care adoption sadly the process is broken and has been for years for both biological families, foster and adoptive parents. So many of the millions of children truly are not available for adoption and will end up aging out of the system. :(
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Well as all of you finish up it looks like we in New England are startingish....it is raining right now and there appears to be a lot of rain already. Suppose to get worse as the day goes on. Hoping to get released from the hospital before it starts to ramp up. Really hoping we are as lucky as everyone else and it is just a noisy but safe night.
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So I am starting to worry...hurricane is suppose to hit tomorrow...right now I am at the hospital with my dd (just testing nothing serious) and we are suppose to be released about the same time it hits...I am scared of having to drive home in the wind.
Do you think we need to get the basement ready to stay in over night or just hang out in the first floor?
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My kids love ABCMouse.com...my daughter is mostly independent (as long as there is nothing else on the screen) and my son gets excited when I sit down and do it with him.
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Its hard to know how worried we should be because we are so far inland (vermont) but currently there are tracks saying it could hit us directly...I am suppose to be getting out of the hospital with dd about the same time the storm will hit and the idea of driving home in it even if it is just tropical storm strength scares me a little.
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Karen Purvis!!!! The Connected child amazing info about adopted children and some of their special needs including spd.
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I know for my ed program you where kicked out if you got a C in a class...but none of the classes where curved they were all points based so if you did the work you got the grade, with minor differences as a result of tests or a paper.
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My dd is dairy allergic, and we have not found it too difficult except that many of the alternatives may contain a small amount of casein or milk products including the soy cheese's we have found. So we get creative. First we let our daughter know why she can't have milk and that it makes her very sick. Then we find something safe but similar as possible. For example pizza for her is a tortilla with bbq sauce and chicken nuggets...she loves it! Ketchup is a great catch all for her and she will put it on her pasta and veggies just for fun. Garlic salt and her butter are used often to make plan food more fun for her. But we are very clear that she cannot eat milk that it makes her very very sick.
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My favorite from the list has to be The Tale of Despereaux. I had a friend who worked as a manager for Barnes and Noble and she got a free hardcover advance copy, signed by Kate DiCamillo, at one of their company conventions. My daughter and I both devoured it over the weekend. The next time I saw my friend I told her it was sure to win the Newbery. What a shame the movie is almost nothing like the book.
I thought "Rules" was wonderful, because it accurately portrayed what it is like to be the sibling of an autistic child. (I'm the mom to an awesome autie.) And Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3, and The Calder Game all held my attention.
Yes another vote for Blue Balliett's Chasing Vermeer (the best of the series). Excellent book along the lines of The Westing Game. Also more of the books by E.L. Konigsburg.
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Oh my gosh I totally felt it here in Vermont!!! I was laying on the couch just after putting the baby down for his nap at 1:45 and it started to shake...I thought that that my body was just going crazy so I am really glad to hear my couch really was shaking and I was not imagining shaking.
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I agree...over 6 weeks if GI to go out of town and find out from someone else it was a milk allergy...ditto with her ADHD where the dr just said to wait another year. Grrr...basically dr are just practicing medicine and they cannot be expected to know everything...I just wish they would refer more to specialist that do...I had to beg for the allergist (who by the way also didn't believe dd had a milk allergy until the RAST came back super allergic)
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Another vote for prosperity!
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My sister decided to get married less than a week after me when our wedding and honeymoon plans had been set in stone for over 4 months...so we told them we would not come and we didn't even though techniqually we could have changed our flights for like 25 dollars each and been able to attend but we didn't.
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The hardest part is that they want a bailout when they are not even accomplishing their job. When I give them money to mail something they do not have to actually get it to the other person unless I buy extra services like insurance and delivery confirmation. How many other businesses can get away for so many years without actually doing what they say they are going to do.-
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Yep told yesterday that ADHD was mostly just really busy kids and most are not really ADHD...I wanted to scream my child behaved because she is on ADHD med and has been having intensive therapy not because she was misdiagnosised...I hate the whole ADHD is not real thing and since my dd is so young I understand why people have a hard time but they didn't see her prediagnosis they didn't know about my 2 year old that literally couldn't play with toys any toys at all...She doesn't look special and she is tall so people expect her to behave older than she is and then when I say she has needs they look at me like I have 2 heads. Grrr
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Someone asked why...for me it is easier to drive over 4 days to go cross country than it is to fly because my dd has special needs...in the car she is harnessed the ENTIRE time I only let her out long enough for a pee stop and then harnessed again...no playing no stopping just driving = no complaining...with flying there is the 2 hour+ drive to the airport then the waiting in line to check bags...the waiting in line for security (which I also have issues with) then the waiting for the airplane during which time I have to keep an eye on my things and 2 busy children...the actual flight isn't to bad because again she is harnessed the ENTIRE time. but then there is getting everything off the flight and switching flights which is more waiting (waiting is bad for my dd) then another flight then getting off and waiting for our bags then another drive from airport to destination hour+ depending on where were we flew...way too much go and then stop would drive my dd crazy and in turn I would go nuts...I prefer driving so if we want to go see new babies or grandma or pretty much anyone we drive 20+ hours.
Why do people adopt internationally?
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The problem with not getting attached is that many birthmothers get worried if the adoptive family isn't getting excited. It's a fine line to walk of getting excited for the potential baby but respecting the fact that the birthmother does not relinquish her rights until the papers are signed. With our contested adoption we were there after birth in the hospital and the nurses expected us to room with the baby but we said every thing was up to birthmother until she signed but we had to be committed to the placement or it wouldn't have happened because the case worker messed up in so many ways. So it is a very very fine line.