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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like you are in FCPS, but I'd echo the PPs if you were willing to move to MD. Forest Knolls and Bethesda Elementary are both committed to full inclusion and specialize in kids with only physical disabilities.  There are other programs for kids who also have cognitive differences.

Or...just call the Office of Special Education where you live and ask. I can't imagine they don't have a program for kids with physical disabilities and no other issues. [/quote]

BE isn't full inclusion.[/quote]

We are at Bethesda Elementary and there are children with a similar level of need. It is my understanding that BE accepts disabled children from neighboring elementary schools because they are a center and have the specialized staff and equipment (wheelchairs, treadmill, special exercise bikes, and probably other things in classrooms that I have not seen). I do not know how large the catchment area is for BE.

From personal experience, I have found that children with special needs are often thought of as wanting in the top story. My son, after years of having his special needs met wonderfully at BE, was finally recognized to be gifted as well, and moved on to a middle school program for gifted and learning disabled children. It was hard work persuading the teachers and special educators to see beyond his motor, verbal and other disabilities, even though they were all decent, intelligent people. I know there have been physically disabled children in the program, although the ones I know were all ambulatory and verbal. Your son is only 4, I'm sure he will catch up and might benefit from such a program.

Please call MCPS special ed and they will answer your questions. 
One final thing - you are your child's best educator. Homeschooling is always an option. We nearly went there after a couple of difficult years.
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BE has many students with disabilities, including kids in the school community based program who often have a combination of sever motor issues and intellectual disabilities.  However, these kids spend a significant amount of their school day receiving instruction outside the general ed classroom.  Therefore the program is not full inclusion, it's partial inclusion.

That isn't to say that it's not a good school, or that it doesn't do partial inclusion well.  I was the one who wrote that it wasn't full inclusion, and I merely wanted to be accurate.

I know kids with significant needs at both BE and Forest Knolls,  The latter is much closer to a full inclusion model.[/quote]

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