Resilient. If you're on this journey, I'm going to go ahead and make the assumption this word describes you and your child(ren). As a parent, you are your child's biggest advocate.  If you've been knocked down, it is so important to get back up.  You are the "expert" and know your child better than anyone else on this planet.  If your parent intuition is telling you your child's needs aren't being met at school, do your homework, present your case to your child's team, and do not accept, "No." We're on our 4th year of public schooling with our 1st grade son.  We've gone round and round about so many things over the course of those four years, but no matter how many times people have disagreed with me or told me, "No," I simply won't give up. If we backtrack two years, to the first time I requested our son have an evaluation, I was told by his principal, "There is nothing wrong with him.  He's