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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 498179" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>It just really depends on the child. LRE by definition says to start with mainstream but we all know kids who all of the time or for part of the time do better in a more protected, protective, and specialized environment. LRE should mean where the child is able to reach their potential the best. I do think the mainstream kids have rights. But I also think that learning that not everyone is a typically developing individual is a great lesson for all children and they can handle more than we give them credit for. They need the teachers and staff to be role models for how to be around difficult child's. My whole life was changed for the better by being a mentor to a student who was deaf and developmentally delayed. I was in turn mentored by many deaf not mentally delayed students who to this day are close friends. That started at age 12. </p><p></p><p>Q does much worse in a not mainstream setting. And those private, isolated settings.... can be a breading ground for abuse. They are too isolated and not monitored by peers. Q's school in first grade was like that and it was billed as an amazing place. They actually said when he was 6 years old, what is the point in teaching a kid to read if they are going to be in jail anyway.? This is the school where the aids would lock him in the isolation room for long periods of time for not stopping his foot from tapping on the desk leg, etc.</p><p></p><p>I worked in a specialized charter school ( large compared to Q's multi age school with two classes, we had a small class at each grade plus a "special needs class" for multiple challenges plus being deaf, and it went thru high school, plus Occupational Therapist (OT), two speechies (me) and asl specialists, social worker, psychology, etc... all on site) and there are high standards for conduct of the teachers etc. It can be done well but it is a very scary thing to leave your child who can really provoke anger in others in an isolated setting.</p><p></p><p>Just all depends. Pros and cons all over the place. sigh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 498179, member: 12886"] It just really depends on the child. LRE by definition says to start with mainstream but we all know kids who all of the time or for part of the time do better in a more protected, protective, and specialized environment. LRE should mean where the child is able to reach their potential the best. I do think the mainstream kids have rights. But I also think that learning that not everyone is a typically developing individual is a great lesson for all children and they can handle more than we give them credit for. They need the teachers and staff to be role models for how to be around difficult child's. My whole life was changed for the better by being a mentor to a student who was deaf and developmentally delayed. I was in turn mentored by many deaf not mentally delayed students who to this day are close friends. That started at age 12. Q does much worse in a not mainstream setting. And those private, isolated settings.... can be a breading ground for abuse. They are too isolated and not monitored by peers. Q's school in first grade was like that and it was billed as an amazing place. They actually said when he was 6 years old, what is the point in teaching a kid to read if they are going to be in jail anyway.? This is the school where the aids would lock him in the isolation room for long periods of time for not stopping his foot from tapping on the desk leg, etc. I worked in a specialized charter school ( large compared to Q's multi age school with two classes, we had a small class at each grade plus a "special needs class" for multiple challenges plus being deaf, and it went thru high school, plus Occupational Therapist (OT), two speechies (me) and asl specialists, social worker, psychology, etc... all on site) and there are high standards for conduct of the teachers etc. It can be done well but it is a very scary thing to leave your child who can really provoke anger in others in an isolated setting. Just all depends. Pros and cons all over the place. sigh. [/QUOTE]
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