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[quote=Anonymous]In 2nd grade, DC was in a classroom with what we took to be an unusually high numbers of special ed cases. The principal had decided to sort of concentrate them in one of two 2nd grade classrooms and place a second sped teacher into that integration classroom three of five days a week. We were worried at first because, by all accounts, our DC is advanced, esp. in math. But it turned out to be an excellent setup for all kids, advanced ones included. It was as if what the two teachers set up in the classroom benefited not only those who needed special attention and were entitled to their IEP allotted hours but also those who were particularly advanced. It was a real win-win.
In hindsight, I think pull-outs would have been less advantages for our "normal" child because DC would not have benefited from that sped teacher and instruction would have been more interrupted due to pull-outs.

Aside from that particular experience, our kids have always had classmates with special needs but couldn't point them out (neither could we btw, we just occasionally knew from the parents). I'm not privy to the details but they ranged from dyslexia to high-functioning autism.[/quote]

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