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[quote=Anonymous]MCPS "Connections" is what used to be the Aspergers program.  The gating item is an ASD diagnosis.     WJ has "Connections" and GTLD.

Our ADHD/LD DS (based on a neuropsych at age 5) had an IEP in grades 3-5 under "Other Health Impairment" (ADHD).  MCPS offered GTLD but DS had friends at home school and didn't want to move, which we respected.  Second neuropsych (age 9) for the first time flagged possibility of ASD Level 1, which Dr. Black confirmed.  So for MS, DS entered what is now "Connections" at Tilden and continues in that program at WJ.  Fortunately our home school.   IEP is now under ASD as the Primary plus ADHD and one LD (down from 3 LDs diagnosed the first time around, which we still advocate to reinstate without success.  Amazing how LDs can "disappear" when your kid's grades shoot up).  Very slow processing speed like PP.

"Connections" in HS provides a Case Manager, Resource, opportunities for co-taught (SPED and GenEd teachers) Gen Ed academic classes as well as "supported" (SPED paraeducator) Gen Ed academic classes and a "Transitions" program for 14 and up that we're just learning about.  Electives are not co-taught or para-supported.  Neither are foreign language classes (which DS starts next year -- that was a bit of a surprise).  DS' IEP has a solid amount of accommodations and supplementary aids/supports.  No classes, tracks, etc. are off-limits as far as I can tell.  [/quote]

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