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Should We Stay or Should We Go?

After four years of putting down roots in Charleston the decision to leave was a little difficult, but then again we really had no choice.   It was clear that the Charleston County School System did not have the best interest of … Continue reading

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Ben’s First Day of School

We, quite frankly, had no idea what to expect on Ben’s first day of school.  To this point we had been showered with good fortune by having available to us places like the Cerebral Palsy Center, Children’s Hospital and finally  … Continue reading

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Our Second Try for a Successful IEP

Our next IEP with Charleston County Schools came after we had come to a semi-agreement with regards to transportation.  The Charles Webb Center had moved to its new site and a school in that district had a special education program which … Continue reading

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Ben Gives Us Another Scare

One day when Ben was four or five years old I received a call from the executive director at Charles Webb.  Ben had fallen backward while playing with a friend and had bumped his head on a bookshelf several purposes: … Continue reading

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Our First “Real” IEP in Charleston

The first “real” IEP we had while in Charleston did not turn out any better than the first one we had in Richmond. I say first “real” IEP because we had on two different occasions done IEP’s that were written … Continue reading

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