About our Daughter

I am mother to four wonderful daughters, ages 17, 19, 21, and 23, and wife to the greatest husband on earth. God has given us a special child to raise one who was diagnosed with early-onset bipolar disorder at the age of seven, though she showed signs of it from the age of fifteen months. She also has ADHD, Sensory Integration Disorder (sensory seeking), Dyslexia, and Non-Verbal Learning Disorder-NOS, all typical comorbidities for a bipolar child. In spite of the trials, she enjoys lacrosse, running (finished her first marathon in October of 2014!), and reading and writing her own books. I will share with you the many joys and sorrows we have faced and will face in the future with the hope that you may find better understanding about this mental illness caused by both chemical and structural abnormalities in the brain. I desire that you will be encouraged by this blog if you are also dealing with a bipolar child. Thank you for reading and sharing in our journey.

How Did You Know She Was Bipolar So Young?

I wrote a long explanation of how we came to this bipolar diagnosis in a child so young under my post of March 19th of 2009. If your child or a child you know bears similarities, please seek out a good psychiatrist and don't wait for "things to get better." Often they will simply get worse, and the longer a child is unmedicated, the more damage their brain can accrue. Early diagnoses and treatment are key to providing these children with a chance at a successful life later as a teen and an adult.
Never change, start or stop a medication without the approval of your child's physician!

Friday, December 7, 2012

Illegal According to FERPA

A friend of mine who is a teacher informed me tonight after I shared about this teacher's practice of sharing the A grades with the class and commanding applause that this violates a federal law concerning student confidentiality.  The law is under FERPA, which I need to research, and prohibits sharing student's grades in the classroom.  So I emailed the principal and brought this to his attention.  He is looking into it.  I really don't want to get this teacher in trouble, I just want him to change how he rewards the A students to a way that is private.  After sharing this problem on Facebook, without revealing the teacher of course, I got a large amount of feedback expressing shock that this teacher would do this.  So I guess I am not too far off in my concern.  We shall see what happens next.
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2 comments:

NikDuck said...

Keep us posted on how this is resolved!

December 8, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Megan said...

I will. It keeps getting worse.

December 9, 2012 at 12:27 AM

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