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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't need to justify myself, but I also have 2 SN kids of my own so I know the law, the system and processes inside and out, and from both sides of the isle. I've worked with numerous lawyers, special ed advocates and specialists along the way. Again, from both sides of the situation. I am regarded as a specialist and have given testimony at the federal level. Plus I do know what can and will work from the school's persepective, from the legal perspective and from the therapeutic perspective. If you think this makes me an ass then I would hazzard a guess that you are an interesting "partner" in the special ed process.

Homework is not just mindless busy work. It is often the only time and place where kids can demonstrate they they are approaching the academic goals. By implying that it is discretionary you are intimating that you have no actual idea what is contained within the curriculum or how curriculum teams work to create a learning environment. Nothing that we assess is just a time filler for kids. Each assignment is a way for kids to practice, get feedback and show understanding. Which one of those is supposed to be given up? Practice for understanding or demonstrating mastery? That is the discussion at hand: what to give up so that a student may stay in higher level classes. The parent is advocating that practice (and the subsequent feedback) are what needs to give. No educator in their right mind would willingly allow this. It is not in the best interest of the student. I have lots of hig-pressure parents who attempt to do this and, fortunately, I work with a great team of educational and developmental experts who are always on the side of the best interest of the kids. We are the ones who have the knowledge and longitudinal understanding to put practices into place that benefit a child in terms of the whole academic program. In the school in which I work and the special ed teams I am a part of, it is simply never, not even one assignment, that is optional or given as filler. I'm sorry that the OP is at school where she believes that some of it is optional. I have no way of knowing if that is rational because of poor pedagogy or if it is a parent who hasn't come to terms with the situation as of yet. 
So perhaps, as you point out, it is apples and oranges. 
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You truly believe that "not one assignment" can be changed, altered, modified, or accommodated for a special needs student -- because a parent hasn't "come to terms with the situation as of yet" -- all in the best interest of the kids.  Consider my mind blown.  You are on a mission from God.[/quote]

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