POPS-Parents Offering Parents Support

January 2010 Newsletter

 

Our Next Meeting!

Our next support group meeting will be held on Sunday, January 17th at 3:00pm at the Lancaster County Public Library. 

Our guest speakers will be Ms. Michelle Bishop & Mr. Robert Compton.

So, please mark your calendars & join us. 
 
We would love to see you. 

 
Our Guest Speakers!

Our guest speakers for this month will be Ms. Michelle Bishop & Mr. Robert Compton.

Ms. Bishop is the Interim Director for the Office of Exceptional Children. 
 
Accompanying her will be Mr. Robert Compton, the regional contact for the Lancaster area in her office.
 
This will be an informal relaxed meeting.  

They will be sharing information with us concerning The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) law, 504 plan, IEP issues, and talk to us about our concerns with our children in the public school system.

So, mark your calendars and join us.

 Thoughts & Prayers!

Please keep me in your thoughts & prayers as I recover from having a hysterectomy. 

I will be having surgery on December 23rd, 2009 & the doctor said it should take about 6 weeks to recover.  

Please also keep in your thoughts & prayers, Ms. Ellen Maulding's daughter, Bekah. She has been diagnosed with the H1N1 flu with the complications of pneumonia. 

She is still having complications, please continue to pray for her to have a speedy recover.

Praise Reports!

Ms. Margie Glover’s son, Gabriel, celebrates his 8th birthday on January 8th.

Happy Birthday Gabriel!!

Ms. Nicole Young’s son, Robbie, celebrates his 6th birthday on January 24th. 

Happy Birthday Robbie!!

Ms. Agnes Shaikh’s son, Omar, celebrates his 13th birthday on January 26th.

Happy Birthday Omar!! 

  Our Educational Topic!

Our educational topic for this month is about "Time Out Rooms".
 
I hope you will find this topic to be very helpful to you & your family.
 
I can tell you this, as I read through different websites concerning this topic, I was sadden to read all the horror stories concerning children being abused in these so called Time Out Rooms.. Educators may say that they use these rooms as a Last resort, but according to many websites & incidents of child abuse cases that I recently read, apparently they don't. 
 
Educators also tell you that your child is being monitored at all times while they are in these rooms, but according to what I read, this is not a true statement either.  
 
If you & your family have been confronted by your school district about using a Time Out Room for your child, PLEASE I strongly urge you to read our POPS educational topic for January. I promise you, you will be shocked to see what really happens in these rooms behind school district's doors..




 

 

 

 

 

Our Last Meeting! 

Our last meeting was held on December 5th at 3:00pm at the Lancaster County Public Library.

We had our annual Christmas Party.

Due to unforeseen circumstances,  our Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus could not attend our party between the hours of 5pm- 7pm.. They could only attend during the hours of 3pm-5pm. So, our party hours changed this year...

I do apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused. 

We had 9 adults & 8 children in attendance.

We had an awesome time with lot's of goodies to share. There were  cookies, chocolate cake, meatballs, cocktail weiners, chocolate covered pretzels, & lot's more. All were so delicious.  

We also had our Chinese Auction with lots of gifts exchanged.  Brittany & Brandon even came home with a $10.00 gift certificate & a gorgeous Santa tissue cover.

Thanks to all who attended & made this year a blast.

I know alot of you were sick this year with colds, flu, etc..and couldn't attend, we really missed you & we pray you will get to feeling better soon.  We pray next year you will be able to attend.  God Bless you all.

As usual I had my camera & I snapped some awesome photos this year, so please check them out on our POPS Photo Gallery page. 

 
Upcoming Events!

 ** On February 21st, 2010, Mr. Jeremey Poindexter, a lawyer at Toussaint Law Firm, PC, in Seneca, SC will be guest speaker.   

He is the father of a son who has a diagnosis of Down Syndrome. His main focus is on estate planning for parents who have children with special needs. 
 
He will be attending to discuss special needs trusts, guardianships, and conservatorships.
 
So, please mark your new 2010 calendars and join us.

 

  

   

Please also see our POPS calendar for more of our upcoming events....



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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