I have an IEP meeting this morning with my parents and the administrators regarding one of my siblings. I have been instructed, so to speak, to sit quietly and allow my Dad to do all the talking. I am very frustrated by this because my sibling comes to me with all his school problems and ask me to help him. I am not a child I am 29 years old.
What should I do?? I am pretty outspoken and will have trouble just sitting there listening to everyone talk and not saying anything. My husband and I live in an apt attached to my parents house so I don’t want to tick him off. I feel like I am 12 years old again and I am going to get grounded.
I am sick of giving this school any chances. They have had plenty of opportunities to help my sibling and they have not.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Dawn
While I enocurage your involvment in insisting that the school address your silblings needs, I do recommend that you are calm, informed and assertive - NOT aggressive. Take your frustration and channel it into reasonable steps that need to be taken. There is a fine line and I have seen too often that a person who gets too charged up is dismissed as a “wierdo”. Then the focus of attention is off what the school needs to do and on to you, your behavior.