Chief Executive Advocator
I'm seriously thinking about having business cards made for myself with Chief Executive Advocator (CEA) printed under my name to hand out at school meetings and as part of my signature on emails since that seems to be my main job these days. The past few months have been a flurry of IEP (Individualized Education Plan) and/or transition meetings for 6 of my kids. Transitions for the upcoming school year include Lily and Dasha going from elementary to middle school, the twins graduating from high school and heading to college (still advocating though!) and Leo starting Kindergarten. I'd be lying if I didn't say it was fairly stressful keeping it all straight right now. It's hard enough keeping track of one kid, but right now we have 5 kids with IEP's and a lot of changes coming up this fall for which I've been trying to make sure everything is tweaked perfectly (I wish) and everyone has all of their needed supports in place. In other words, I'...