Putting DS Into Public School

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Registered: 01-10-2007
Putting DS Into Public School
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Thu, 04-03-2008 - 3:33am

Long story short, DS’s 3rd grade teacher was horrible, and basically sabotaged any good the resource teacher was doing. He has Aspergers. Since I couldn’t get the help DS needed there we pulled him out and have been homeschooling him for the last year. He has been great and is up to par with the state’s requirements for his grade (and then some :0)


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Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 04-03-2008 - 4:42am

Other people will have a better idea of what you should expect but I can tell you from my experience that there is a *huge* difference between fighting a school for help and support where you've been for a while, which has poor teachers and poor support, and coming in fresh to a new area with a diagnosis. DS1 was really unhappy in his old school, and whilst they were supposedly a brilliant school they were absolutely awful at supporting him. Everything that he couldn't cope with was his fault - even after we got the diagnosis - and it was up to him and us to deal with it.

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Registered: 01-25-2007
Thu, 04-03-2008 - 4:44am
My ds is an Aspie in fourth grade and he is mainstreamed and in the regular ed classroom all day. At our school the resource teacher comes to the classroom and helps certain kids during certain lessons. It's all fairly unobtrusive. He does leave once a week to spend some time with school counselor or psych to work on social skills but they are allowed to bring a friend, and they typically play board games and have fun so the nt kids don't really see it as odd or strange. I guess a lot depends on how severely he is impacted by his Asperger's. My son is somewhat oblivious to what other people think so it hasn't occurred to him yet to be self conscious! LOL I suppose if he started to get teased about it that might change. I think kids are still very accepting in the elementary grades. Middle school is going to be a whole other thing.
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Registered: 01-20-2008
Thu, 04-03-2008 - 9:00am

While I can't really add anything from personal experience, I can say

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Registered: 04-11-2003
Thu, 04-03-2008 - 9:21am

I think every child is so individual that you are going to get lots and lots of different experiences.

Samantha
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Registered: 01-10-2007
Thu, 04-03-2008 - 11:38am

Thank you so much for the support!


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Registered: 04-11-2003
Thu, 04-03-2008 - 11:49am

My son has dysgraphia too.

Samantha
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 04-03-2008 - 12:47pm

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