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Post by laurasnowbird on Apr 24, 2007 11:04:18 GMT -5
Oh, I'm so glad you will have a friend in all of this! (other than us, LOL!) Their tone may change when they have to put it in writing - they know they are wrong. We experienced that in Ethan's district when he was an INFANT and they were requiring us to drive 17 miles one way to a center based program instead of providing services in the home as required by Part C. When I asked them to put their refusal in writing, their tone changed, LOL! I need to share this on the IEP board, but this is an awesome reference site. It's like taking a course in IDEA 101....lots of great information here, provided in an understandable way. www.ncld.org/content/view/900/456084/ |
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Post by momofrussell on Apr 24, 2007 11:14:32 GMT -5
'scuse my language but it's ABSOLUTELY BULL'S@$#@ for them to say your home school is NOT an option... to HECK it isn't!!! GRRRRRRRRRRR See.. this is why I never responded before LMAO! THE LAW READS OTHERWISE!!!
Let me talk to them! LMAO
A.
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Post by SuziF on Apr 24, 2007 13:18:45 GMT -5
Yeah, we heard something to the effect with Merideth last year "we havn't had a child here in at least 12 years with DS, not sure how we'll handle this" To which I told them they better start looking into it as they had a child with DS that would be going there now...
Now my next battle is going to lie with a teacher who put the comment on her report card "having her in K again next year, she'd learn even more" ~ BS, this woman hasn't done enough for her this year. I plan on moving her ahead & saving the extra years at the top end for life skills...
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Post by laurasnowbird on Apr 24, 2007 14:13:05 GMT -5
LOL, Suzi, doesn't it just drive ya crazy when they say that kind of stuff?
In talking with the principal about Ethan's placement for next year, they are thinking developmental kindergarten would be good. I think the extra year is fine, in this case. HOWEVER, someone made the comment that academically he wasn't ready for kindergarten. I put the brakes on that line of thinking in a hurry, and reminded them that Ethan is (in most subjects) not going to be at the same level "academically" as his peers for the majority of his school years, but that it will never be the yardstick by which he moves from grade to grade. Sigh.
By the way, I pointed out that his "academics" at this point are largely very SOLID. He knows the alphabet, upper and lower case (and has since he was 2 1/2 thanks to Love and Learning and Leapfrog toys). He can count to ten, knows his colors and shapes, etc.
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Post by CC on Apr 24, 2007 21:00:20 GMT -5
K, I just posted a long post and lost it  But better for you cause now I will do the short version LOL I could very well be wrong BUT I do believe YES if your son you want to enroll in the regular Kindy then YES they cannot say he cannot go to the home school, BUT if you want him in a sp. ed Kindy or self contained class how ever they may word it and your home school does not have such a class but they do in another school in the district, then yes they can send your son to that BUT again only if you are requesting a sp. ed class and your home school does not have one in place. I hope that made sense. You may have said already and I missed sorry for that BUT what type of Kindy are you looking for?? CC  |
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Post by matthewsmom97 on Apr 25, 2007 0:12:02 GMT -5
Chester, you are absolutely right on target about the other kids being bussed to other schools. Matthew is and has been the ONLY child with D/S in his elementary school since he first attended 6 years ago. What is so sad is sometimes he is the ONLY one in his class. He took a 'class photo' which I did not have to pay for. Why? It was only him and his teacher and her assistant! Go figure!!!
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But better for you cause now I will do the short version LOL