What state has the best Special EducationThx, Locally what I find is that the districts seem to have a one size fits all model. But which size they choose varies. So which parents are happy where seems to depend on the luck of the draw matching the kid to the person in charge's favorite plan. And if the SpEd director moves or gets the right person underneath then all bets are off. That being said, I am planning on moving cause services suck where I live. i am just not sure where to move to. The only real plan is to move to a high paying job and do everything privately. know of people getting out because of the service, not coming in. There was a list here last year. NC is waaay at the bottom of that list. I am so fed up with the sped in my part of NC I am homeschooling ds. DH can't move, other kids are doing well. DS is doing well being homeschooled. My career is the price being paid. I pray everyday for the presence of mind wisdom and patience to keep going. It sucks so bad here. The program in place is a joke. I can't stand the marriage between NC and TEEACH. Someone needs to let them know kids on the spectrum need to learn more than being organized. Concernedpa.i will tell you this:it is sure as hell not NJ! not glassboro schools anyway. i witnessed a special ed teacher leave like 5 kids in a room with an unlocked drawer of knives ALONE! we also had an aide not hear to the fact that her student's bus # was changed for that day and the girl missed her bus. the aide calls her parents to come get her,right? WRONG! instead, it's not her problem and she just puts this severly mentally handicapped high schooler with the social and emotional level of about a 3 year old on some random bus (which happened to be my bus) and figured she'd be ok. the poor girl had no idea what was happening and was understandably freaking out. she kept telling the bus driver over and over that her bus never came, and asking why she was on a strange bus with people she didn't know. thankfully my bus driver knew where she lived, and brought her home safelyNew York State has some excellent laws for children on the spectrum. For example, speech is required 5 days a week for 30 minute sessions in groups no more than 2. That 5 day requirement may be open to interpretation (my son actually gets 4 days and 1 day is reserved for consult between his regular kindy teacher and the ST.) I think every state will have good and bad school districts for special education. I can tell you my son and others affected with autism have received awesome help and cooperation. But a child with dyslexia cannot receive services in my district because they don't have a program for it. (one of my son's classmates is in this boat). Also, your level of involvement and knowledge of your children will go a long way in the CSE. I know parents of children with other learning disabilities who don't get what they feel they need and I hate to say it, but they are not very up on what their children truly need and not all that willing to do the give and take thing. (which I personally have found goes a very long way towards helping your child). My two cents is decide on what state has the best laws for special ed and autism and then reach out from there to find the best school districts. New York City has the best special education by far. My son was diagnosed with PDD-NOS at age 9, (he's nearly 14), he's made great strides since.They invite parents to attend IEP conferences, and encourage parental input. He has OT, PT, Speech Therapy, and other services The regular teacher and the therapists encourge communication between themselves and parents. I can't sing their praises loud enough!!! Thanks for the advice. The problem is that the only good school districts around here are in neighborhoods with million dollar homes. I'm disabled so that's just not a happening thing, unless I win the lottery!LOL 50+MK and WNY girl thanks for the info on New York. I would have problems living in NYC, just too many people in too little space. but up State has possibilities, unless there's an area bordering NYC that's not too crowded. I don't want to have to wait two or three years for a decent apartment and I'm not willing to give up the freedom of driving my own car. Everything in Arizona is so spread out that to get where I need to go gives me time to clear my head, which can be a good thing. My youngest goes to a charter school, but it took two years to get the local district to act on getting him placement. My oldest has severe peanut allergies and the local elementary can't keep track of their normal kids, (my wife went to pi up her best friend's son because she had an emergency Dr. visit and the school lost him. While she was there trying to find out where he was the local pd was there looking for 6 other kids that disappeared), so if they can't handle regular kids they sure wouldn't be able to keep track of my oldest son! Thanks to everybody that replied, it really helps! God bless, Ken I am in Upstate Ny and in a good school district. That is what matters most. I think NY has a lot to offer, but in the right area and SD probably like any state. It really stinks that this is another part of our struggle with autism.We are in NY too. From what I hear we do have it better. We are having issues with our school, but it has become a pattern of behavior for them. Also the principal has changed, but we are difficult parents. Who could ever imagine I would get upset to wait for 9 months for an updated FBA/BIP as they were continuously requesting 2 1:1 aides?  We don't have to fight for services, just competence. We are in a rural area and our choices are the BOCES that they go to or home or residential. The school has reinforced negative/aggressive behavior. They are 12 & 14 and both are about 140, over 5ft. They run the class, and they know it. They are in a 6:1:1 Autism room. There are 5 boys, a teacher (I think she's on her way out, I was told she would not be the teacher next year  ), a teachers aide, each of the boys have a 1:1 aide, Danny has 2. They also get speech for 1 hour a day, OT everyday, PT (not sure how much). They are pretty severe, so they kinda max out the services. There also aren't enough autism consultants to go around. The school district pays it, they just can't get them to come often or long enough. I am also a parent rep for the Special Education in my district. The home district school for my other son is phenomenal and received national recognition.That being said, NYS's OMRDD services are very progressive. One of my son's has a plan where we have control (through a plan) where his medicaid funds are spent, instead of using ARC services. We hire and schedule our own staff and have been very happy. We have residential habilitation, community integration and respite. I've been certified to write the plans and found we can get many other things funded such as the work he does with staff, some sensory items, etc. I didn't realize this would be so long  . So what I'm saying is NYS is probably one of the best, but you can still have issues. Someplace that gives you options would be best, but I suggest you also look at other services provided by the state too.[QUOTE=kabesntybes]I am in Upstate Ny and in a good school district. That is what matters most. I think NY has a lot to offer, but in the right area and SD probably like any state. It really stinks that this is another part of our struggle with autism.[/QUOTE] I'm just outside Plattsburgh, where are you? |
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