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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many hours does your child get now? Are you looking for push in or pull out? I ask because my child gets tons of hours but mostly pushin which is put preference anyway. [/quote]

OP here.  The school is proposing 15 hours of special ed per week - 12 hours pull out/3 hours push in - and 1 hour of speech per week (pull out).  We are requesting all subjects be taught by a special educator/SLP either pull out or push in (would require team teaching).  In addition to his language based learning disabilities, DS has at least a three year expressive/receptive language delay.  Chronologically, he is a 10 yo.  Intellectually, he is a 10 year old.  However, he has the language capability of a 6 year old.  Those facts are not in dispute.  What is in dispute is the number of special education hours.  We believe it is unreasonable to expect a child with the language capability of a 1st grader to be able to learn in a class of 4th graders unless the instructional delivery is modified in such a way he can understand it.[/quote]

But isn't there value in working alongside peers who are speaking/understanding appropriately? He needs models other than his teacher. And he needs opportunities to engage in academic conversations with his peers, yes? Learning isn't just about being fed information by an adult. It is highly social. [/quote]

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