Deal school for students w/ IEP?

[Anonymous]

Our DC has an IEP for mild reading and writing learning disabilities. Also has speech language challenges (but not covered by IEP). It has been a challenge getting IEP from DC's primary school, but we finally got it. Interested in hearing from families with Deal students on IEPs? Does DEAL have learning support coordinator(s)? Are students assigned learning strategists or case managers? Or do families have to advocate with 6 separate teachers to ensure IEP accommodations are met?

[Anonymous]

Every parent I have discussed this with has uniformly assured me that Deal gets this right, even parents who were very frustrated with the process in ES. Not there yet, but hearing good things.

[Anonymous]

Deal does this really well. Mr. Kirchenbaum is really on top of everything. Each student has a case manager who co-teaches their reading and math class but also coordinated with the other teachers. Our case managers have also had a study hall one day a week for just their students, which is in addition to the team study hall. We have only had one teacher (foreign language) who wasn't accommodating. From speaking with other IEP parents that is probably the most problematic area. Someone from the Deal team will come to your ES and meet with the team and you this spring.

They have a Reading 180 program for kids who are testing low in reading too.

[Anonymous]

They spend a lot of money on this program

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our DC has an IEP for mild reading and writing learning disabilities. Also has speech language challenges (but not covered by IEP). It has been a challenge getting IEP from DC's primary school, but we finally got it. Interested in hearing from families with Deal students on IEPs? Does DEAL have learning support coordinator(s)? Are students assigned learning strategists or case managers? Or do families have to advocate with 6 separate teachers to ensure IEP accommodations are met?

This is my son. He's a 7th grader at Deal. I could not be more happy with the supports that he is receiving. Boy, he almost hates it because they make sure he gets the work done and gets the extra that he needs.

One of the things I love most is that he doesn't know he has an IEP. He knows he needs extra help, but doesn't feel like he is "special ed".

Deal has been great! I love his coordinator. She calls herself the "helicopter teacher".

[Anonymous]

Actually, they don't spend a lot of money on the sped program - they just have structured it so it workd and meets legal requirements...