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[quote=Anonymous]Here is a link to the special education program guide for DCPS:  https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Attachment%20J9%20%28DSI%20SY18-19%20Staff%20Programs%20and%20Resources%20Guide%29.pdf

We went through this and it was not a positive experience - but I believe the school team that you are coming from influences a lot of it.

I found it incredibly confusing as we had less than 4 hours a week of specialized instruction when the topic of a self contained classroom placement was introduced.  I could not (and still don't) understand if the school thought my child needed more, why not say 6 hours - or 8 hours - but 4 to 20 is what they did.

Visit the program.   The class will be multiple grades.  The class we visited did not have gender balance (1 girl and 9 boys).  Do not make assumptions that the kids will be balanced across each grade - the classroom we visited was not.  My child would have been a 3rd grader in a mixed class of 3rd - 5th graders that was skewed older.

I am not saying this to say it is the wrong program - more so that I want to make sure you go in with your eyes wide open.    [/quote]

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