(posted on other boards here as well—sorry to be repetitive-just trying to get some good advice from all avenues)
BIG Question and need help (this is long but we really need help and I tried to explain as much as possible….
Had a meeting with the school superintendent yesterday about our 8 year old son whom has been in Special ed for the past 3 years.
History, we are military—moved to Hawaii last year. He started special ed in first grade in Virginia due to some underlying problems—last year was BLIND to the fact that Special Ed really wasn’t helping him, this year still blind up until the beginning of the new school year. when I started to really push his learning.
Told the spec ed teacher last year that he was not going to be pushed to thrid because he had really NOT learned anything (they didn’t try and we weer too stup9id to really know much at the IEP meetings other than to just agree. They held him back—
NOw here we are this year, the only learning he has truly done is from home—we told all at the meeting yesterday that we wanted to take OUR child out of spec ed and get him in a normal second grade class where we KNOW he would be able to learn, NOT fall behind and get used to being in an honest to goodness real class!
You would have thought we were awful parents to sugeest we place our child in regular second grade, give him a chance to succeed (we know he can) WITHOUT SPECIAL ED!!!!
School Says NO WAY—we say YES or I pull him out anyway and homeschool (we have six kids—not exactly waht I would to do)
Has anyone successfully pulled their child out of spec ed—it is hurting him more than helping him—see we also have a child with Williams Syndrome (8 yrs) whom is in the same class with him—there are about 6 in that class and all of them except him REALLY need to be there —most are mildly retarded such as my daughter.
Thanks for your help
Re: How do we get son out of special ed
In Colorado, we can also formally request that a child be removed from special ed, and they have to do it. Is there a school district special ed coordinator that you can talk with? They should be able to over-rule whatever the local school is trying to do.
Re: How do we get son out of special ed
do you want your child not to get any special ed services or do you just want him out of the special ed placement that he is in?
Question for Kay
This is off topic here but I know that Step Up to Writing is getting big in Colorado since it originated there. Do teachers seem to like it? Do they consider it more a “speciall ed” program, or what? I am curious to know how big it is there if at all? Is it poplular or not really?
Michelle
Re: How do we get son out of special ed
Hello,
I think what I most want is to get him out of that enviroment never to return to the classroom that he sits in all day long except for Science and special activities which he does with the mainstream kids.
He is in the same class with my Williams Syndrome daughter (mildly retarded) as well as about 6 others just like my daughter. HE DOES NOT need to be there.
BUT, I feel that as long as he is in Spec Ed they will force him into that enviroment or eventually pull him back into that which is what they did the beginning of this school year—the reg ed teacher started him in her rooma nd said that she would keep him and work with him as long as she could BUT because she knew she had Spec Ed to fall back on that is where he went.
Thanks
I suppose it varies from state to state, but here in New Orleans, LA, if you want your child out of special ed., no problem, just sign right here and he’s out.
We also have a great school system here in Belle Chasse, LA, where there is a Naval Support Activity: Alvin Callendar Field, to be exact, which is a naval air base. Just thought you might want to know for future reference. Outstanding primary school…….should be a national Blue Ribbon School within the next two years, decent middle school, above average high school. Also, the naval base has a charter school as well.
Truly, in any state, unless your child has severe disabilities, you should be able to just sign him out with no problem. It is your right. Parent has the final authority over the IEP.