Tag Archives: advocacy

Why Do I Have To Be The Freaking Expert On Everything?

Posted on February 8, 2012 by mariner2mother

Ok. I’m exaggerating. But come on. I just discovered a fantastic website that describes a wide variety of symptoms of dyslexia. A lot of the symptoms popped out to me as describing my son: delayed speech, confusing left and right, can read a … Continue reading →

Posted in Sensory Processing Disorder | Tagged advocacy, dyslexia, school | 7 Comments

Letter to Teacher: Little Man 101

Posted on November 8, 2011 by mariner2mother

After having had our student teacher conference the other week, my little man is still having a tough time going to school. Some days are tougher than others; while once in a while, he actually goes off with only a whimper of, “I … Continue reading →

Posted in Sensory Processing Disorder, The Voyage | Tagged advocacy, coping with SPD, depression, intuition, school | 11 Comments

Reality Check

Posted on October 28, 2011 by mariner2mother

Ok, so I had all sorts of lofty ideas of raising my child’s teacher’s consciousness during the parent teacher conference we had yesterday. I have dreams of raising the consciousness of the whole school’s staff, on up to the principal. … Continue reading →

Posted in Sensory Processing Disorder, The Voyage | Tagged advocacy, coping with SPD, school | 4 Comments

Mama Bear Keeps Trying

Posted on October 27, 2011 by mariner2mother

Here I sit, hours before my son’s parent teacher conference. I have so many things I want to share with his teacher: how awesomely amazing my son is, how completely creative he is, how very compassionate and caring he is, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sensory Processing Disorder, Spirituality, The Voyage | Tagged advocacy, evolutionary leap, school, SPD | 4 Comments

How Do I Help Him?

Posted on October 19, 2011 by mariner2mother

I’m the mother. I’m supposed to fix things, help my son, teach him how to help himself, and stuff like that. But this morning, I was at my end. To give you a little background, my son has Sensory Processing … Continue reading →

Posted in Sensory Processing Disorder, The Voyage | Tagged advocacy, difficulty, sensory processing disorder (SPD) | 6 Comments

So Here We Are Now (with addendum)

Posted on June 9, 2011 by mariner2mother

It’s morning. An hour before I am supposed to get my 8-year-old off to his second to last day of real work in the second grade. You would think that if a kid is having trouble dealing with school, he could … Continue reading →

Posted in Positive Discipline, Sensory Processing Disorder | Tagged Abraham-Hicks, advocacy, SPD | 4 Comments

Advocating For My Son- My Lesson

Posted on June 1, 2011 by mariner2mother

As a parent, one of the things I consider my job, is to raise my son so that when he grows up and goes off into the world, he’ll have life skills and capabilities to not only survive, but to … Continue reading →