What to you think about mainstream.
| Back to Autism Information >> Next Topic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
I have a child with PDD NOS, he have a speach problem, he can speak but some times we need to slow him down to undestand. he is in a classrom with another 7 kids with autism, every one have diferents issues. I went to the classrom one monday and they have problems with one kid, trouwing chairs and they put him away, in mean time the rest of the classroom stay with one of the helpers, and me , the hole classroom was iterrupted and to calm dow the rest of the group put them 3 movies in one day, my son work writing his name one page , thats all he did in the hole day. y wen back the next day to see if is going to be diferent , was a little more relax but the same the work he did was one page of his name and one page of numbers. Computer only games.......... play in a sand box, pleido . ...... i went to the nex week becasue i want my son to go to mainstream group, and if one of the kids have a problem , they take all of them out of the classroom ..... i went because then my son can stay if another kid have a problem. they take another kid out and i stay with the rest of the kids don't have any problem. Now, thursday they don't went because they have a suplent teachear , we went back to the closter. and wor with his name again and numbers. monday ..............my son start trouwing chairs( first time ever) i saty the day there helping my son to get over the frustration, take me half hour , but he need to catch up with the work he miss because he get angry. Now ..........i am asking to put my son in maistream group , because he can see better behavior there, he like to participate with the class , and he did rigth, he give a good answers, ad he like the other kids and the others kids like him. I am waiting for a answer ..... what to you think , you will do the same then me? I am asking for to mouch ? The class you described does not sound like a good environment ...I think watching movies at school is NOT appropriate and is a poor educational practice. You need to ask for your son to be placed in the least restrictive environment possible . Your child should not have to leave the the general ed class just because another student misbehaves. It sounds like your son could be very successful in a general ed setting with appropriate supports. It is his civil rights to be included in mainstream society and education if you choose. The answer is your's to make not theirs. Special education is a service not a place; meaning he's entitled to speech, OT, etc in any class he's in. They have to provide reasonable supports to him IF YOU want him in a gen. ed. class. It is only an opinion if the teacher/therapist/principal etc etc says he's better where he is and isn't not legal. Meaning, because a teacher/therapist/principal says it's better for a child to stay in a class it doesn't mean the law supports it or it upholds his rights. You don't need to provide proof to place him in a gen.ed. class (he doesn't have demonstrate he's "good enough") it is the place he's legally entitled too; the school has to prove that positive strategies (ABA, function behavior assessments, visuals, modifications etc), aide and interventions didn't work in a Gen ed. class before removing him. Tkyou for your answers and coments, rigth now they told me they going to place him in another place, but not in a mainstream class , ...... i am going to wait what is going to be the next placement .... hope is mouch better ..... He now have support in school :speach 30 minutes a week , OT another 30 minutes , and in home i take him with a teacher twice a week two hours , piano 30 minutes a week and horsetheraphy one a week , he his taking medicine for his poor atention and concentration, and still going , i work with him in home the time he is free, doing sports , taking him with friends when he have time to learn how to play with a normal social enviorement, and we do sports all the time. skates , bike swim, rckclimbing, skiing ...........i take him with a DAN doctor too work with him for two years ............ I hope now school do his work to put him in a lest restrictive place. the teacher is very good , but they have hands full with anothers students need more atention, but i am looking for my son to have his time and atenttion too . this what you tell me help me tinking i am in the rigth way about my decition , tks and keep in touch ...... He should definiely be mainstreamed. My son is PDD-NOS, he didn't say ma-ma until 18 months, nor did he walk until then. Hedidn't speak 3-4 word sentences until he was 3+. We put him in a developmental pre-k class when he was 4, but we felt it didn't help him. We enrolled him in public school when it was time for kindergarten. He didn't speak or socialize well, he had boundary issues, (going from room to room). He had frequent temper tantrums at first, but each time he was promoted, he socialized better and his speech improved rapidly, (he was receiving speech therapy, and did until last year when by my wife and I and the therapist that he no longer needed it). My son came to realize that to get what he wanted he needed to talk. He still gets occupational therapy for his fine motor skills. My son will be 13 this summer and he's doing great. By the way I forgot to mention that in class he has a paraprofessional who works with him in class and she and even his classmates help him stay focused. Sometimes his attention drifts. He has many friends who he enjoys playing with. He's doing very well, he makes us proud. Mainstreaming, GO FOR IT.
As long as you're comfortable with the classroom placement; that's what counts. Just remember you have the say to place him where YOU want. By the way, it sounds like he's doing great. Mk50+ Glad to hear your ds is doing so well. Here are some resources for comparing placements: http://www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26270&am p;KW=placement+ How old is your son?
he is 8 years old but he born last day of june thats why i want him in second grade, they want to put him in 4 grade but not mainstraim.
tks for all the coments i am reading very well then i can feelt strong. So he'll soon turn 9. Am I understanding you correctly that you want him in second grade next year, because that's the level he's performing at? Is he physically small for his age?
rigth now he plays with a kid here next door to our house he is in first grade and they look almost the same.......he is not to big and tod to short.... and not he still working hard to make him him to perform that way , he is not reading and writing very poor, but it is the same problem , writing his name over and oven not help, and 20000 time the leter p not help, they focus in the eip and the gools, but he need more then that . i am asking for maistreain group and aide 3 years a go, but they always told me he need this group, but now isee his behvior it is going worse and worse, ..... and i am tired, this going to be they last chance....to see if they can found a placement dorrect fo him .... one ore thing.............his behavior it is only in school............no somere else. and he go to super sports camp with normal kids , he go to school in mexico evey time i am in off track he spend the mornings in a normal school there, horses , piano home ...............only in school have his bad behavior.... how can i explaind that when he start trowing chair in school i went overthere and i fix his problem in 30 minutes , they can stay the all day with traing to fix that problem with the another kid ..... the rest of the day he waa perfectly fine in the time i was there i see problems like they don't ear him , what he said , and after he tray two times y just explote, and the helper put him down in the behavior chart ..... i am writing all this because i know i am going to have a meating with them ..... and i am tired to be nice, there are nice to me , but they dont give me what i ask , not once..... It sure sounds like he's not getting what he needs in that placement, since he does well in other group settings (like school in Mexico and sports camp). One thing that should help is if you make all demands in writing. I have some sample letters here: http://www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18727&am p;KW=sample+letters Many parents on this website swear by the book "From Emotions to Advocacy" for learning to fight for your child's rights: http://www.amazon.com/Wrightslaw-Emotions-Advocacy-Education -Survival/dp/1892320096 Good luck! Yikes, it sounds like they're not providing good transactional supports. You may want to get recommendations from an outside ST, OT for support he needs by staff. You can do this through by requesting an IEE (Independent evaluation) in writing from the school. What ever ideas you think are important for ask a professional to put it writing as a recommendation on your ds's behalf. Even if it's your pediatrician and your child needs help with tying his shoes. The school is more inclined to listen to professional recommendations because they can be potentially held accountable if the issues go to a Hearing and professionals have more "authority". These are some typical staff supports for ASD kids:
TKS SO MOUCH ...I START WORKING IN MY OWN LETTER WITH ALL THE EXAMPLES HERE ...... ALOT OF HELP HERE ! GRACIAS !!!!!!!!!!! |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Copyright Autism-PDD.net
|
