NC School placement | Autism PDD

No. However, it would take too long to go over all the thing you might need to do to advocate for your son here. Get a copy of From Emotions to Advocacy and also try to locate a special ed advocate in your area. No school can reject a child, but what the Least Restrictive Environment is for a particular child is open for lots of debate. EVERY IEP must be individual to the needs of THAT child. However, it is possible to win the battle and lose the war. The truth is that if a particular school and a particular principal do NOT want your child in the class you want him to be in, it's oh, so easy for them to make SURE that that placement becomes problematic for him once he's in it. That is why it is more important to learn how to CONVINCE a district that what you want is going to work for them, too, than it is to push a District into doing something they're dead set against. Plus, having a one-on-one aide is no guarantee that a child will not be totally isolated in that class. In fact, having an aide makes it MORE likely that the child won't fully participate with his classmates. Ask me how I know.

In NC can home school force me to put my 5y. autistic in a self contained room in another school?

My 5 year old's been homeschooled mostly prior to now. The one thing we lack is avenue for socializaton. His verbal skills are emerging, will say "I want to go, see, eat......etc with prompting. I want him to be in the school for the less structured part of the day. Like:computer, library, center time, PE art and EC, as well as speech and OT. EC teachers told me they don't know about autism to put him in a self contained classroom in another school. The principal & staff do not want him there. What can I do? The self contained rooms are not appropriate for my son at this time.
There is another child in the school with a one-on-one. This school is a school of distinction that has always managed to have kids with issues in the area go to other schools. sibling is in the school and I think it helps my autie's sense of belonging and awareness to go to school with sibling.
Help what can I do? What are my son's rights? Can public school reject my child/force him into another?

My son is nearly 16 and has been getting interventions since he was 2, so I've been advocating for him for 14 years. I've been past president of our SEPTO and have run my own support groups. Currently, I'm beginning a career as a professional special education advocate and am taking an intensive, year-long course with a special ed. lawyer and very well-known advocate. I have come across resistance by the District in all sorts of situations, both my own and that of others. And I have 3 basic bits of advice: 1. If it isn't written it wasn't said. Create and keep track of a paper trail 2. Learn your child's rights -- get VERy familiar with IDEA as well as your own states Spec. Ed. regulations 3. Never make and enemy. It won't be worth it in the long run. LEarn to negotiate with a smile on your face, eventhough your fists are clenched. "Talk soft but carry a big stick."

Tzoya,

Thanks for your response. Have you been in this situation before? If so what is a parent to do?

Thanks.

Concernedpa.