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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP Here:

Answering a couple of questions.

1) Child is severely dyslexic in second grade, can’t read in English. They will likely not ever take a foreign language in High School.

2) Spanish is 1 hr a week. He hates it, I don’t think he understands most of it. I think it is waist of time.

3) IEP team says they can’t use specials for intervention time. However, I can’t find any policy in this regard.

4) Ideally the school would use this time for intervention. However, I would be happy if he could go to a different special with a different class or do anything else. [/quote]

I can only answer the question about the IEP team, as a special educator..

Special Educators need time to meet with their grade level team, whose planning time is during specials.  They need to be able to schedule IEP meetings when grade level teachers can join.

Also, their caseloads mean they need to do intervention in groups, and the other kids aren't available then.

I think that going to a different class, such as repeating music or PE is a good solution.  Maybe he could go act as a teacher's helper in Kindergarten?

I'd also explore why he hates it.  Are there solutions that would improve the experience for him?[/quote]

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