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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought that if a child was found eligible for level IV services, the child would need to be challenged in all aspects of the curriculum.  How does a child get identified by the County as needing level IV services at the AAP level but get pulled out for language arts?  Would that not be level III - ie needing to be challenged in some but not all aspects of the curriculum?[/quote]

How they handled it with my son, is that he was in pull out Special Ed for Language arts in ES until 6th grade.  It was two fold.  One was addressing his reading and writing issues and one addressed his ability to understand books and write about complex things.  So, he had daily one on one reading with a certified Wilson teacher, PT and different spelling and grammar, but did book reports on books well above his grade level.  He used audio books and dictated things for the worksheets and book reports that were set at his cognitive level.  He used an Alpha Smart for things he did not dictate until he moved to a regular laptop computer with word prediction software and text to speech software.  It is a gradual process and balancing out the time constraints of dealing with the issues surrounding his LDs with the things that address his cognitive level are difficult.

This was done in a flexible LLIV environment - where some kids were in Level IV for all four core classes and others were in it for 1-3 core subjects.  I don't think it would have been done our Center school as they tend to segregate the AAP kids from the Gen Ed kids for everything including homeroom, PE, Art........  I would also say that just because a child is found eligible for LV services for all core courses, it doesn't mean that the best choice is to put him in all four AAP classes if there are extenuating circumstances competing for his attention.

In MS and now in HS, he takes the Honors level classes for math, science and history, but the team taught English classes.  If they had team taught Honors English he would be in those, but I pick my battles.   He is a science and math kid and he can take plenty of challenging courses as he likes in HS.  He is currently a freshman and finishing up Algebra II Honors.  Next year, instead of taking World History AP, he will take AP Statistics.  Again, balancing out the needs and gifts with time constraints we all have.  He likes history, but the time verses value of AP World History just isn't there for him.  We will reassess next year for AP US history, but maybe he will take additional science AP instead.

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Look  at all the additional attention/resources this student has received.  Compare to all the average or low average kids who gets zero additional services.  Does this not seem unfair in a time where we are always over budget?  I think parents of kids in public school need to decide which "special service" they want for their child.  The county only has so many resources/$$ and teachers are underpaid and classes are too big as it is.[/quote]

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