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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For public, you probably want a contained classroom. Gen ed with 25+ kids with 1 teacher and maybe a para for the kids with IEP. The para will be for the whole class not just your kid. A special education teacher might in the class part of the time, but not full time.

For the sake of your child’s mental health, do not start public school without an IEP. If this a route you are considering, reach out to the base school now to start the evaluation process. It takes months to get an IEP approved.

The issue that I had with FCPS is that they want the kids to fail before they do something. So they might propose general education classroom and then they will want data and it will take months to move to a different placement.

An advocate with FCPS might be help cut some of the red tape. 
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+1 regarding the reality of working with FCPS, sadly. And a strong YES to an advocate for all interactions with them. If you have access to additional resources beyond what the public school is willing to offer, don't wait. Even with all the best intentions of the teachers and staff, the County's resources are stretched far too thin for many kids in SPED.[/quote]

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