Putting DS Into Public School
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Putting DS Into Public School
| 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)


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.
While I can't really add anything from personal experience, I can say
I think every child is so individual that you are going to get lots and lots of different experiences.
Thank you so much for the support!
My son has dysgraphia too.