CES with IEP

[Anonymous]

Any kid with IEP did CES before? How did it go? Should I request extra accomodations for teachers letting me know what homework is due, what readings needed to be due by when etc in the coming up IEP meeting? Or should I let my child try it out to see if he could handle first? It would be for will be 4th grader in the fall with executive functioning issue. He is smart but he is not a strong writer. He is a perfectionist, so there's a chance that his anxiety to excel or to keep A may increase among other smart kids grouping together in the class in the fall. Part of me, I want him to try CES without extra worrying and asking for extra accomondation, but part of me, I want him to try with regular IEP. 4th/5th grade are good years to get him prepared before he goes to middle school, and I hear middle school is complicated for asd/ADHD kid like him.

Any advice?

[Anonymous]

Due to the level of the workload and the significant potential for failure and all of the complications that brings, we elected not to pursue CES. It’s a lot for kids who don’t have disabilities and weaknesses. We felt like failure would be hard to recover from. So based on my observations of the work level (know lots who did CES) and knowing what it takes to dig out of a hole when your child is t successful, I’d definitely not try to go without an IEP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any kid with IEP did CES before? How did it go? Should I request extra accomodations for teachers letting me know what homework is due, what readings needed to be due by when etc in the coming up IEP meeting? Or should I let my child try it out to see if he could handle first? It would be for will be 4th grader in the fall with executive functioning issue. He is smart but he is not a strong writer. He is a perfectionist, so there's a chance that his anxiety to excel or to keep A may increase among other smart kids grouping together in the class in the fall. Part of me, I want him to try CES without extra worrying and asking for extra accomondation, but part of me, I want him to try with regular IEP. 4th/5th grade are good years to get him prepared before he goes to middle school, and I hear middle school is complicated for asd/ADHD kid like him.

Any advice?

The good news is that most teachers are pretty good about communicating to the kids regarding assignments. So if you can work out a way to view your child's mcps email, the information you are looking for should be there.

The bad news is that CES is fundamentally a humanities enrichment program, which means high expectations for both reading and writing. When you say your child isn't a strong writer, do you mean it takes them a lot of time or do you mean they struggle to get it done at all? If the ladder, really think through whether accommodations are going to solve the problem. It's one thing for the parent to help map out the assignment and make a plan to get it done, but is it going to be a fight every time to get across the finish line?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any kid with IEP did CES before? How did it go? Should I request extra accomodations for teachers letting me know what homework is due, what readings needed to be due by when etc in the coming up IEP meeting? Or should I let my child try it out to see if he could handle first? It would be for will be 4th grader in the fall with executive functioning issue. He is smart but he is not a strong writer. He is a perfectionist, so there's a chance that his anxiety to excel or to keep A may increase among other smart kids grouping together in the class in the fall. Part of me, I want him to try CES without extra worrying and asking for extra accomondation, but part of me, I want him to try with regular IEP. 4th/5th grade are good years to get him prepared before he goes to middle school, and I hear middle school is complicated for asd/ADHD kid like him.

Any advice?

The good news is that most teachers are pretty good about communicating to the kids regarding assignments. So if you can work out a way to view your child's mcps email, the information you are looking for should be there.

The bad news is that CES is fundamentally a humanities enrichment program, which means high expectations for both reading and writing. When you say your child isn't a strong writer, do you mean it takes them a lot of time or do you mean they struggle to get it done at all? If the ladder, really think through whether accommodations are going to solve the problem. It's one thing for the parent to help map out the assignment and make a plan to get it done, but is it going to be a fight every time to get across the finish line?

Op here. I don't worry too much about reading part. He can read for hours sometimes. His reading comprehension is probably average. I don't know exactly because I just see him reading fast but not sure how much he understands. He can write, but in the form of simple sentences structures and sometimes misspelling and grammar mistakes. He is not a writer material. There's no writing homework sent home, but I have seen him write a paragraph for a few sentences. They look fine to me. I mean he can get it done but probably he does not want to write an essay in pages. I have talked to CES teacher, and they say homework is probably a page to summarize after reading a book of 100 pages per week. He has not done it before. DH is a strong reader and strong writer. He maybe able to help.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any kid with IEP did CES before? How did it go? Should I request extra accomodations for teachers letting me know what homework is due, what readings needed to be due by when etc in the coming up IEP meeting? Or should I let my child try it out to see if he could handle first? It would be for will be 4th grader in the fall with executive functioning issue. He is smart but he is not a strong writer. He is a perfectionist, so there's a chance that his anxiety to excel or to keep A may increase among other smart kids grouping together in the class in the fall. Part of me, I want him to try CES without extra worrying and asking for extra accomondation, but part of me, I want him to try with regular IEP. 4th/5th grade are good years to get him prepared before he goes to middle school, and I hear middle school is complicated for asd/ADHD kid like him.

Any advice?

The good news is that most teachers are pretty good about communicating to the kids regarding assignments. So if you can work out a way to view your child's mcps email, the information you are looking for should be there.

The bad news is that CES is fundamentally a humanities enrichment program, which means high expectations for both reading and writing. When you say your child isn't a strong writer, do you mean it takes them a lot of time or do you mean they struggle to get it done at all? If the ladder, really think through whether accommodations are going to solve the problem. It's one thing for the parent to help map out the assignment and make a plan to get it done, but is it going to be a fight every time to get across the finish line?

Op here. I don't worry too much about reading part. He can read for hours sometimes. His reading comprehension is probably average. I don't know exactly because I just see him reading fast but not sure how much he understands. He can write, but in the form of simple sentences structures and sometimes misspelling and grammar mistakes. He is not a writer material. There's no writing homework sent home, but I have seen him write a paragraph for a few sentences. They look fine to me. I mean he can get it done but probably he does not want to write an essay in pages. I have talked to CES teacher, and they say homework is probably a page to summarize after reading a book of 100 pages per week. He has not done it before. DH is a strong reader and strong writer. He maybe able to help.

If he doesn't want to write, he probably shouldn't do CES. If his IEP accommodations are working out at his current school, and he likes it, why change? If you think he's ok with lots of upheaval then try CES out. He can always go back to his old school. But if you already know he's not that into writing, then maybe just opt out of CES

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Anonymous wrote:Any kid with IEP did CES before? How did it go? Should I request extra accomodations for teachers letting me know what homework is due, what readings needed to be due by when etc in the coming up IEP meeting? Or should I let my child try it out to see if he could handle first? It would be for will be 4th grader in the fall with executive functioning issue. He is smart but he is not a strong writer. He is a perfectionist, so there's a chance that his anxiety to excel or to keep A may increase among other smart kids grouping together in the class in the fall. Part of me, I want him to try CES without extra worrying and asking for extra accomondation, but part of me, I want him to try with regular IEP. 4th/5th grade are good years to get him prepared before he goes to middle school, and I hear middle school is complicated for asd/ADHD kid like him.

Any advice?

The good news is that most teachers are pretty good about communicating to the kids regarding assignments. So if you can work out a way to view your child's mcps email, the information you are looking for should be there.

The bad news is that CES is fundamentally a humanities enrichment program, which means high expectations for both reading and writing. When you say your child isn't a strong writer, do you mean it takes them a lot of time or do you mean they struggle to get it done at all? If the ladder, really think through whether accommodations are going to solve the problem. It's one thing for the parent to help map out the assignment and make a plan to get it done, but is it going to be a fight every time to get across the finish line?

Op here. I don't worry too much about reading part. He can read for hours sometimes. His reading comprehension is probably average. I don't know exactly because I just see him reading fast but not sure how much he understands. He can write, but in the form of simple sentences structures and sometimes misspelling and grammar mistakes. He is not a writer material. There's no writing homework sent home, but I have seen him write a paragraph for a few sentences. They look fine to me. I mean he can get it done but probably he does not want to write an essay in pages. I have talked to CES teacher, and they say homework is probably a page to summarize after reading a book of 100 pages per week. He has not done it before. DH is a strong reader and strong writer. He maybe able to help.

If he doesn't want to write, he probably shouldn't do CES. If his IEP accommodations are working out at his current school, and he likes it, why change? If you think he's ok with lots of upheaval then try CES out. He can always go back to his old school. But if you already know he's not that into writing, then maybe just opt out of CES

Op here. Thank you, good point. Well, I think most kids do not like writing, and that's what CES teachers say as well. They say that some kids struggle the most is the writing part, not the reading part. I don't mind he being a good writer one day if he gets a chance to expose to. He is a strong math kid, and I am confident that he can get into compacted math. I would also love to see him more stronger in writing one day. In daily life, there is not many chances to practice writing for kids. They just play sports. I may get him onto typing this summer. Originally I thought CES is stem based, but I was wrong. That was a surprise.