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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=dcgrl15][quote=Anonymous]What services does your child need?  It would help to know.  If he is ED, there is an amazing ED program at various schools in the county that are excellent.  There are programs at certain schools for kids with learning disabilities.  There's a school for highly gifted but learning disabled students.  Some schools have programs specifically geared toward kids on the spectrum.  Schools without specialized programs are often times woefully unprepared for kids with special needs.  They simply do not have the appropriate staff with training and experience to be able to handle certain situations.  [/quote]

Thanks for your reply. My son is a preschooler who has an IEP- receives speech and OT. A private eval identified his speech issue as "mixed receptive/expressive language disorder" and he has sensory processing issues. So he requires extra prompting in the classroom. Its so hard to pick a house not knowing if the schools will end up being good for him! Ahhh, so tough.[/quote]

My DS was diagnosed with MERLD prior to K.  MCPS refused to give any IEP or services until K.  It took me three meetings.  I had to pay for private assessments.  Then, even when we demonstrated that he was significantly behind (which he wouldn't have been if he'd gotten services in K) and had additional diagnoses like ADHD and dysgraphia and reading disorder, etc., he still didn't get the special instruction he needed.  What MCPS provided was more support and prompting in the regular general ed classroom with the general instructional materials.  What he needed (and we kept asking for) was a explicit, repetitive instructional program in reading and spelling and writing.

We finally gave up in 4th grade and moved DS to a special private school for kids with language-based learning disabilities.  DS improved and we were able to go back to MCPS for MS.  MCPS doesn't fight any more about giving him an IEP, but we still have difficulty getting accommodations.  It's always a fight to get the teacher to do what is on the IEP.  In addition, we've given up on "specialized instruction".  We just provide private tutoring in reading and spelling and writing for DS.

FWIW, Bethesda Elementary has one of the better reputations for special ed.

But, what you get will vary with the specific facts of your case.  Our school system was terrible to us, but another student who had a terrible accident during the year and needed accommodations due to the lasting effects of the medical issues, was treated very well.  Of course, that child had a sympathetic situation and a demonstrated track record of being a "smart kid".  [/quote]

OP here- I think I may have forgot to login. Thanks for sharing your experience. Ugh sorry its been a tough road. I can relate in terms of our experience (not in mcps) so far. It took me all winter to get my son the preschool services he needs. Im a little confused about how MCPS works. I know some of the schools have special types of programs but do all the schools have special ed teachers and paras to provide in class support etc? I definitely do not know what my son will need from kindegarten and beyond because I dont know how his needs will evolve with age and if his current speech, processing, fine motor skills issues are tied to something else we dont know about yet but will realize once its time for reading and writing. I guess we will have to take it all as it comes and hope whatever schools we end up at will be a good resource.[/quote]

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