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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP. We have been in SN private for a while now. The issues are cost and commute and not having friends for our child in our neighborhood. We have to drive 45 minutes for playdates. It's been a long slog for the whole family.

My child is probably ready to be with neurotypical peers. It may be hard at first. And I feel like we are going to need a lot of support to make it work. But I'm not getting a good vibe from the school.

My homeschool only has 2 special ed teachers. They each are assigned multiple classrooms. How can they possibly provide kids with the supports they need at these staffing levels? I know they say a gen ed teacher can do it... but really? My child has 22 hours on an IEP.[/quote]

IMO, there is no way they can provide 22 hours of support within the home school model by using the gen ed teacher for most of those hours. My child has 1 hour of support by the gen ed teacher in his IEP (plus a half hour of pull out services). ONE! And the gen ed teacher cannot manage that. She has provided my child with no additional support beyond what she gives the other children. How can she when she is alone with no para and has 27 other children in the class. As a result, my child is failing the subject related to his disability. I wouldn't do it, OP. I would start with the Asperger's program and if your child does well ask to switch to the home school model the following year or to increase the number of hours in general education with the gen ed teacher providing support. I would not do it the way they are suggesting.

The home school model is a way for them to save money, nothing more.

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