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[quote=Anonymous]People aren’t going to post here when things are going swimmingly. I know plenty of people in the real world who are pretty happy with their IEP, etc. And, I know some people in the real world who are terribly unhappy. In the real world, what would help is schools having a ton more funding which just isn’t happening.

I will say that for those who are terribly unhappy, there are two categories. Those who really aren’t getting appropriate services and those that have kids with tremendously challenging behaviors or delays that are virtually impossible to really move the needle on, but the parents struggle to accept this.

I’ve got two examples of the second category. For example, my kid has profound ID and is cognitively a nine month old baby forever. I am very happy with her severe ID classroom where she is safe and loved and given exposure to toddler type activities. But I have a tremendous level of acceptance about what I am dealing with because I have a genetic diagnosis. If I thought my kid could function like a five year old if only she got the perfect teaching tools, I would be unhappy.

My good friend has a child with tremendously challenging behaviors and some learning challenges. My friend has struggled every step of the way trying to fight for the best services for her kid. She has now gone to far as to sue the school system and get money for a private placement but her kid’s behavioral issues are so severe that only one school would take her and they expelled her quite quickly. Her child is very unlikely to ever be able to graduate from high school. Her child has been inpatient for months at different times, etc. They simply cannot find meds that work. It is an enormously difficult situation. But again, even a perfect teaching environment was unlikely to overcome the terrible mental health hand they have been dealt.

The truth is that all of this is hard, things would be even better for many more kids with a lot more funding and there are some kids that will struggle no matter how many resources are available.[/quote]

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