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[quote=Anonymous]This whole thread makes me, a mother of a special ed kid realize that people continue to have misconceptions about special needs kids who need special education services.

"I fully agree. My kid doesn't have any special needs but he is in a class with some kids with special needs, I want he learning tolerance, compassion, empathy, working in a team with different people. I don't want him seen in a classroom setting that some children are second class citizens."

I appreciate the sentiment, but what do some of you think a special needs kid LOOKS like? My son wouldn't meet the assumptions some people are making in this thread.

I have a kid with an auditory processing disorder which is a form of dyslexia and who needed speech and language therapy for several years.  Frankly, his elementary school classmates wondered why he was pulled out for special reading instruction because he has a superior range IQ.  He did not learn to read until he was 10 and now struggles to write.

The situation at Oyster sounds like one in many schools in DCPS - the administration and the teachers don't understand what they need to do and that they are required to do it.  This then creates a very frustrting  atmosphere for the child and then for the family when the child isn't learning. At some point, you have to give up fighting and move on.  DCPS actually counts on this strategy.

DCPS has been miserable at helping kids with special needs.  I know too many people who have bailed to the privates when what they were asking for was reasonable and necessary.  DCPS needs to do a better job - not just for those who are severely disabled, but also for kids like my son that needs support and instruction. Shoehorning a kid into a local private that gives support, but not extra instruction does not always work.

DCPS needs to do workshops as part of professional development for their  teachers - because they are not getting it as part of their overall education unless they decide to become special ed teachers. [/quote]

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