I do all that I can to encourage my child to attend school, to do her work, and to try to be involved in extracurricular activities in order to meet people and feel part of the community. Because I am not there with her, I feel helpless and not supported by school personnel. It seems like nobody at the school wants to step up and offer her encouragement, and it leads me to wonder why not. I meet with them every year to update her IEP, and they seem supportive, but then she continues to go to school and not feel connected.