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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 85623" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Steph, my difficult child was issued an alphasmart, hard copy of notes, verbal testing and total accomodations to any standardized testing. I'm pretty sure he did not take a TAKS test but some rendition for Special Education. </p><p>Of course, he didn't have all the credits to graduate with a typical diploma from h.s. He was never going to take a language class or anything but basic math. He graduated 50 from the bottom of the class of 900. I was the proudest mom in the crowd. It was a miracle that he got that far. I couldn't have helped difficult child if his school, teachers and support staff all had the same goal. Get difficult child to function as best <em>he</em> could instead of like everyone else. None of us were going to be able to make him into something he wasn't able to be. I didn't expect teachers to perform miracles just as I don't expect medications to perform miracles. We want our kids treated with dignity, be as much a part of the group as possible and to learn in a way that is meaningful to the difficult child. </p><p></p><p>I know you have hopes of difficult child being more mainstreamed but she is struggling to keep up. Eventually she will become frustrated and stop. Can you imagine how boring it is if everything the class is studying or talking about means nothing to her? </p><p></p><p>I hope the services and the staff all work together with you to help difficult child get to a place where she is stretching to improve without feeling like she failed or is lost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 85623, member: 3"] Steph, my difficult child was issued an alphasmart, hard copy of notes, verbal testing and total accomodations to any standardized testing. I'm pretty sure he did not take a TAKS test but some rendition for Special Education. Of course, he didn't have all the credits to graduate with a typical diploma from h.s. He was never going to take a language class or anything but basic math. He graduated 50 from the bottom of the class of 900. I was the proudest mom in the crowd. It was a miracle that he got that far. I couldn't have helped difficult child if his school, teachers and support staff all had the same goal. Get difficult child to function as best [i]he[/i] could instead of like everyone else. None of us were going to be able to make him into something he wasn't able to be. I didn't expect teachers to perform miracles just as I don't expect medications to perform miracles. We want our kids treated with dignity, be as much a part of the group as possible and to learn in a way that is meaningful to the difficult child. I know you have hopes of difficult child being more mainstreamed but she is struggling to keep up. Eventually she will become frustrated and stop. Can you imagine how boring it is if everything the class is studying or talking about means nothing to her? I hope the services and the staff all work together with you to help difficult child get to a place where she is stretching to improve without feeling like she failed or is lost. [/QUOTE]
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