Log jam in Vietnam adoptions

The New York Times published an article today about some of the issues being faced by families who are trying to adopt from Vietnam.

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China's Stolen Children

China’s Stolen Children is an HBO documentary showing how the one-child policy has created a booming trade in stolen children.

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Gwenn Pics

No issues getting pictures of Gwenn - it's just that it's almost all that I have! She loves having her picture taken when in the mood, but as you can see with the photo with Viivi, she is not always in the mood.

Ella pics

Like me, Ella prefers to be BEHIND the camera - which is why I have such a tough time getting ahold of great pictures of Ella. In addition, somewhere she has learned about the "Asian camera gene" and now tells me she likes to take pictures because she is Chinese. Not, of course, because it's cool to take pictures...

Lucy photo update

Well, I finally have pics off my camera, so I'll be adding new pictures of everyone! Tonight, it will be Lucy...

IEP Meeting

Yesterday was the IEP meeting that I called. I'm very lucky, because Dr. Lewis was able to attend the meeting and did a far better job of explaining what is going on with Gwenn, the impact to her school work, and her diagnosis (diffuse, static encepalopothy).

We left with the agreement that we are kicking off her re-evaluation now (instead of waiting the full 3 years) and they will work on pulling together the recommendation of her new IEP, taking into account Dr. Lewis' evaluation, along with her SLP evaluation and her OT evaluation.

Overall, it went well I think. However, I won't really know until I can see how the school translates the recommendations into action.