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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The nature of the group projects often allows kids to self-accommodate in the group.

My DC was at Eastern and had a 504. She had extensive accommodations - extra time, copy of class notes, flash pass to nurse, [b]excusal from certain kinds of work due to medical issues, abbreviated day and workload at times. [/b]

Kids always divided work according to ability and interest - everyone picked what they liked and were good at and somehow it sorted itself out as groups were mostly self-selected (also cuz kids knew who lived nearby in order to get together on weekends for projects). My DC was not fast but she was an excellent researcher. Others were good at video editing which she could not really do.  One’s weakness is another’s strength, and they match up accordingly.

I also had a DC at TPMS with an IEP. Not as much group work there.

Kids liked and did well at both schools.[/quote]

This is not typical at Eastern and probably represented an extraordinary situation, plus a lot of work on PP’s part to make happen.

While kids do self-accommodate within groups, there’s also groups that just exclude kids with accommodations. Or they will push those kids into a very limited role if the teacher picks the groups. Especially in seventh and eighth grade. [/quote]

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