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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 405288" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>Although you most likely will have to have her in school and crash and burn before you will get out of district, it doesn't have to happen that way. I was able to get funding for dyslexic easy child to attend an out of district sped school (he was bussed into NYC every day) for middle school without having him attend the district middle school at all. At his 5th grade CSE, I asked them for detailed descriptions of what programs they had for him in the MS. They had completely mainstreamed, mainstreamed with resource room. inclusion and self-contained. I don't know if your school has similar set-ups. Mainstream with-o svcs was not going to work; he needed a lot more support. Resource room alone was also insufficient. Self-contained was set aside by Pupil Personnel, who said he was too high functioning for it. Inclusion was a possibility until I learned that it took SIX kids a year and my son's IQ was about 20 points higher than the next highest functioning kid. The support in the mainstream class from a co-teacher would have been nice but the six kids spent several periods a day together and PPS told me that my son would tear his hair out from boredom. They did not have support in the mainstream class coupled with resource room, which would have been appropriate for him, so he went to private school. He is back at the district this year, in grade 9. He goes to resource room 4 hours/ week and his math, global and bio classes are co-taught. They did not have an option like that at the middle school.</p><p></p><p>I think that you need to figure out what options are available at the middle school, taking into consideration her emotional needs and make a pro/con list for each option. That's what helped me fgure out what to ask for for dyslexic easy child. Given her health, I would push for an OHI classification UNLESS the school you want for her only takes ED. However, if you can, I would try to avoid a school that is solely ED. NYS DOE has a list of acceptable schools on its website. That's how I found the school my son went to. Once you find schools, you need to find out if your SD funds there. I called the school directly and asked if it had any kids from my SD and it did; that let me tell the SD that I knew it had paid for the school in the past. There is another school 5 minutes from me that my SD does not fund for although I have friends from NYC whose kids have gone there. If the school won't tell you, check your SD board minutes - they are a fund of info as they are required to list all schools they enter into contracts with so you can see which schools other kids are in from your SD.</p><p></p><p>Once you get her testing done (send a letter asap, if you haven't already, asking for testing - there is a timeline within which it is required to be done, I seem to think it's 45 business days from the request but check. PPS should have a list of parents' rights which you should ask for) there will be a meeting to discuss her eligibility. Don't agree to meet until you have her results from the testing - ask for subtest scores as well. The subtest scores can be used to paint a better picture of her issues than just the whole scores. For instance, my difficult child and my dyslexic easy child have identical verbal IQs. difficult child's performance IQ, however, is about 40 points higher than easy child's. I used that discrepancy to get easy child services. It was so clear in looking at his sub-scores that he is classically dyslexic. difficult child's picture is much more complex but I used the almost 20 point difference in his math PSAT (which was an almost perfect score) and his writing PSAT (which was "merely" above average) to convince the CSE that he still needs to be classified.</p><p></p><p>This is not a battle for the faint of heart, but I think that you have shown yourself to be an incredibly strong and devoted mom. I do know a terrific advocate in Huntington that I could refer you to if that's anywhere near you. I believe that if you have to do a trial of school, you should do it in mid to late May. If she readjusts, great. If not, she will crash with enough time for you to reinstate homebound and get her done for the year and enough time for you to get her placed elsewhere next year if needed.</p><p></p><p>Middle school is all of the circles of heck combined in one. Even my daughter, who is an incredibly well-adjusted easy child, struggled through MS. For kids who are at all out of the box, MS is horrific.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 405288, member: 3493"] Although you most likely will have to have her in school and crash and burn before you will get out of district, it doesn't have to happen that way. I was able to get funding for dyslexic easy child to attend an out of district sped school (he was bussed into NYC every day) for middle school without having him attend the district middle school at all. At his 5th grade CSE, I asked them for detailed descriptions of what programs they had for him in the MS. They had completely mainstreamed, mainstreamed with resource room. inclusion and self-contained. I don't know if your school has similar set-ups. Mainstream with-o svcs was not going to work; he needed a lot more support. Resource room alone was also insufficient. Self-contained was set aside by Pupil Personnel, who said he was too high functioning for it. Inclusion was a possibility until I learned that it took SIX kids a year and my son's IQ was about 20 points higher than the next highest functioning kid. The support in the mainstream class from a co-teacher would have been nice but the six kids spent several periods a day together and PPS told me that my son would tear his hair out from boredom. They did not have support in the mainstream class coupled with resource room, which would have been appropriate for him, so he went to private school. He is back at the district this year, in grade 9. He goes to resource room 4 hours/ week and his math, global and bio classes are co-taught. They did not have an option like that at the middle school. I think that you need to figure out what options are available at the middle school, taking into consideration her emotional needs and make a pro/con list for each option. That's what helped me fgure out what to ask for for dyslexic easy child. Given her health, I would push for an OHI classification UNLESS the school you want for her only takes ED. However, if you can, I would try to avoid a school that is solely ED. NYS DOE has a list of acceptable schools on its website. That's how I found the school my son went to. Once you find schools, you need to find out if your SD funds there. I called the school directly and asked if it had any kids from my SD and it did; that let me tell the SD that I knew it had paid for the school in the past. There is another school 5 minutes from me that my SD does not fund for although I have friends from NYC whose kids have gone there. If the school won't tell you, check your SD board minutes - they are a fund of info as they are required to list all schools they enter into contracts with so you can see which schools other kids are in from your SD. Once you get her testing done (send a letter asap, if you haven't already, asking for testing - there is a timeline within which it is required to be done, I seem to think it's 45 business days from the request but check. PPS should have a list of parents' rights which you should ask for) there will be a meeting to discuss her eligibility. Don't agree to meet until you have her results from the testing - ask for subtest scores as well. The subtest scores can be used to paint a better picture of her issues than just the whole scores. For instance, my difficult child and my dyslexic easy child have identical verbal IQs. difficult child's performance IQ, however, is about 40 points higher than easy child's. I used that discrepancy to get easy child services. It was so clear in looking at his sub-scores that he is classically dyslexic. difficult child's picture is much more complex but I used the almost 20 point difference in his math PSAT (which was an almost perfect score) and his writing PSAT (which was "merely" above average) to convince the CSE that he still needs to be classified. This is not a battle for the faint of heart, but I think that you have shown yourself to be an incredibly strong and devoted mom. I do know a terrific advocate in Huntington that I could refer you to if that's anywhere near you. I believe that if you have to do a trial of school, you should do it in mid to late May. If she readjusts, great. If not, she will crash with enough time for you to reinstate homebound and get her done for the year and enough time for you to get her placed elsewhere next year if needed. Middle school is all of the circles of heck combined in one. Even my daughter, who is an incredibly well-adjusted easy child, struggled through MS. For kids who are at all out of the box, MS is horrific. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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