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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I’m bumping this.  My apologies for not responding.  Had a difficult time during the holidays with family issues and finally feel able to focus on this.   My DD will need supports especially in reading , writing and math.  What I’ve seen this year is that the schools are teaching the grade level curriculum and my child is 2+ years below grade level.  How can she catch up?  Right now the folks at the middle school want us to look at Hoover Bridge and Westland autism services.  Either may be a good fit but how in the heck does she catch up?  Will either of these schools focus on foundational math skills, etc.?  Thanks for any and all help.  [/quote]

The only way to get off of the grade level curriculum train is to say that your daughter is on a certificate path for now and has Alternative Learning Outcomes. Then the teachers are free to focus on the foundational skills that she needs to catch up on. Otherwise, they have no choice but to continue to present her with the expected grade level requirements. Once you are satisfied that she has "caught up" with the basics, you can move her back to a diploma track. Elementary and MS are the time to do the ALO approach so that by the time she reaches high school she has the basics needed to participate in high school classes--on grade level and graduate by age 21.[/quote]

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