Publicly-funded Special Needs schools

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Public school is only going to pay if you can prove they cannot provide a placement gor your kid.

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Anonymous wrote:It is disappointing that a program for kids with Aspergers doesn't have a more rigorous curriculum-isn't a high academic ability one of the hallmarks of Aspergers?

No that's a myth. But if you have an Aspie who is very bright, AAP or similar with supports will work better than a SNs school.

NP-not to hijack OP's post, but we have a HFA 5th grader who qualified for AAP but we were told to leave him in his special ed program because it had better supports for him. (It is an ED class in FCPS, but he spends some time in general ed). We feel like the past two years have been wasted educational time. I wish FCPS would set up just one AAP center school with more intensive SN support.

FCPS please listen. There are many gifted kids with special needs who aren't getting the academic challenge they need. My son tried an AAP center but failed miserably because they couldn't handle his special needs.

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Anonymous wrote:So, the answer to OP's question is: nowhere?

This is so sad.

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Anonymous wrote:Public school is only going to pay if you can prove they cannot provide a placement gor your kid.

Everyone here knows that. Public schools generally do not do well with kids who need both intensive social skills help and high-level academics.

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I think because in the SN world and SN educational training, there is very little focus on gifted learners with special needs.

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Anonymous wrote:Public school is only going to pay if you can prove they cannot provide a placement gor your kid.

I think part of the issue is the term "adequate" in the legislation. Parents tend to think "best" or "to their fullest potential". Children with IEPs are guaranteed FAPE not FBPE. I emphasize [/i]part[i] of the issue. The other part is that the schools frequently think that grade level is adequate. The answer is somewhere in the middle.

IME in FCPS, our local level IV school did much better than the AAP Center school in integrating the GT part and the SN part for my children.

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But I'm wondering, legally, if an advanced AAP type program is offered to NT students, then shouldn't it also be available to SN students?

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Anonymous wrote:But I'm wondering, legally, if an advanced AAP type program is offered to NT students, then shouldn't it also be available to SN students?

Yes it is according this: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-20071226.html

In FCPS students with disabilities are enrolled in AAP- if they qualify.

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Anonymous wrote:So, the answer to OP's question is: nowhere?

Pretty much. Our neuropsych told us straight out that we were not going to get the same level of academics at a SN school as we do in our current public or at a mainstream private school.

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Anonymous wrote:I think because in the SN world and SN educational training, there is very little focus on gifted learners with special needs.

You hit it on the head. Also, many people who go into SNs as a career did not come out of HYP or equivalent or top prep schools or G&T programs so they are not very familiar with this world.

My DH and I like to joke that the Ivy league has a very large contingent of socially inept people who test really well.

One can learn to cope with SNs and the smarter you are, the easier it is to learn to cope.

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Anonymous wrote:It is disappointing that a program for kids with Aspergers doesn't have a more rigorous curriculum-isn't a high academic ability one of the hallmarks of Aspergers?

No that's a myth. But if you have an Aspie who is very bright, AAP or similar with supports will work better than a SNs school.

Sorry but what is AAP? I am new at this.

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Anonymous wrote:It is disappointing that a program for kids with Aspergers doesn't have a more rigorous curriculum-isn't a high academic ability one of the hallmarks of Aspergers?

No that's a myth. But if you have an Aspie who is very bright, AAP or similar with supports will work better than a SNs school.

Sorry but what is AAP? I am new at this.

AAP is What MoCo calls their gifted and talented program.

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AAP is the term in Fairfax as well-Advanced Academic Program.

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Anonymous wrote:It is disappointing that a program for kids with Aspergers doesn't have a more rigorous curriculum-isn't a high academic ability one of the hallmarks of Aspergers?

No that's a myth. But if you have an Aspie who is very bright, AAP or similar with supports will work better than a SNs school.

Sorry but what is AAP? I am new at this.

AAP is What MoCo calls their gifted and talented program.

AAP is for Fairfax. HGC is for Mont. Cty. There are a few HGCs that have 2e programs.

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AAP is What MoThere are a few HGCs that have 2e programs.

Listen up, Fairfax. Why can't you have a few AAP centers that are staffed to handle the 2e population?