The kids I know who got certificates instead of diplomas were unlikely to be applying to and getting jobs though the "normal" process. They were in life skills type programs and went through adult service agencies after high school for jobs.

Can you picture your kid applying for jobs on their own? Living on their own? Are they learning anything in their classes, or just scraping by becuase if grade inflation, despite their best efforts? Are you looking to put them in one of those self contained programs, or just take regular classes but not enough credits for a diploma?

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Anonymous wrote:They can still go to community college. And once you have one degree nobody cares about the degree before that. I have significant learning disabilties and graduated from HS in New York, where average and above students get a regents diploma. I couldn't do that and got a gen ed diploma. Nobody's ever asked. I got an associate's degree. Nobody ever asks about that either, although it's on my resume.

A gen ed diploma is still a diploma, not a certificate.

JUST wondering does Amazon or any places that requires a hs diploma ask for it?

Anonymous wrote:They can still go to community college. And once you have one degree nobody cares about the degree before that. I have significant learning disabilties and graduated from HS in New York, where average and above students get a regents diploma. I couldn't do that and got a gen ed diploma. Nobody's ever asked. I got an associate's degree. Nobody ever asks about that either, although it's on my resume.

A gen ed diploma is still a diploma, not a certificate.

Anonymous wrote:They can still go to community college. And once you have one degree nobody cares about the degree before that. I have significant learning disabilties and graduated from HS in New York, where average and above students get a regents diploma. I couldn't do that and got a gen ed diploma. Nobody's ever asked. I got an associate's degree. Nobody ever asks about that either, although it's on my resume.

OP check this out carefully. I’ve been through this and my son’s transition team was very clear about the need for the HS diploma in order to get any CC degree and every post HS program my so. Was looking at required a HS diploma.

They can still go to community college. And once you have one degree nobody cares about the degree before that. I have significant learning disabilties and graduated from HS in New York, where average and above students get a regents diploma. I couldn't do that and got a gen ed diploma. Nobody's ever asked. I got an associate's degree. Nobody ever asks about that either, although it's on my resume.

It is really hard to get any job that pays a living wage and offers health insurance and paid leave without a HS diploma. Even jobs where it makes no sense to require it still require it. I spent years fighting the school wanting to place my son in a certificate program. It was the best fight I took on for any of my kids.

For those kids who have significant learning disabilities, how do schools--SN private ones--decide whether a child will graduate with a diploma vs a certificate? Anyone have information? And what future options are we looking at for a kid who doesn't graduate with a diploma?