Reply to what is the best school system in the DC metro area for very HFA

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "what is the best school system in the DC metro area for very HFA - elementary?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The riskiest but possibly the one with the greatest returns: lottery into a charter in DC. Then you will be able to attmpt an OSSE placement at a private- MAP Ivymount is wonderful! But you need to tender this with your child's disposition. It might take 3-5 months to go through the process.[/quote]

It does not work that way.  Most of the charters popular on DCUM will try working with kids on the spectrum first.  If it turns out that the child needs a private placement after exhausting EVERYTHING possible, they may get a placement at Ivymount MAP, which is a very selective program to get into.  There is no guarantee that they will take your kid.

Our charter usually tries mainstreaming for at least two yrs not 3-5 months.  I know of exactly one placement at Ivymount MAP from our charter in the five yrs we've been there.  Every other kid with HFA that I know of is mainstreamed.[/quote]

A popular charter could still be a good bet, though! We are happy with our charter and the IEP.  If you can get in!

How does PP know about all other kids and placements at her school though, when such info is confidential. Ok maybe not hr private placement but the other stuff![/quote]

How many kids a charter has at SN schools with public funding is a matter of public record at least in DC.  As long as they don't ID the individual kid, it's legal.  The link has even been posted on DCUM.  [/quote]

Yes, that's why I acknowledged it was possible to find out the numbers for private placement but how in the world can you talk definitely about how your charter works with other kids with IEPs, how long they work with them before turning to private placement etc? And who the other kids with HFA are? THAT is the confidential stuff I was talking about. We are at a charter and I don't know any other kids with IEPs. It is all kept confidential.

OP, have you tried Bridges?[/quote]

I talk to other parents and our school use to throw a get together for kids with IEPs in the summer before school started.  The school no longer does this but many parents of the kids in the higher grades know each other.  It is a small community.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics