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<blockquote data-quote="zoo_keeper" data-source="post: 489843" data-attributes="member: 12188"><p>Hi all. The visit to the alternative school went ok. I'm not as vehemently opposed to difficult child going there as I was in the beginning although it still has major drawbacks. difficult child would be the eighth student in the class (all in sixth grade). There is one sped teacher and two ea's in each room and he would swap into another room in the afternoon but the ea's travel with the students. There are 2 three hour blocks of class with an hour being spent on life skills in each block and one 45min of individual behavior modification per week. The plan for meltdowns is removing the kid from the room if possible otherwise evacuating the other students from the room. They have what they call 'crisis workers' which basically just means trained security (with state department of ed cert). In crisis situations there is a 3:1 staff to student ratio and a quiet room is utilized. There is no isolation room but they do want me to sign paperwork that oks restraints in extreme situations. I told them that will absolutely not be an option and they said they couldn't guarantee that 911/police would not get involved if I refused to sign for permission. I told them that was fine. difficult child had an awesome day at school on friday. at this point I still don't think that the school is doing everything they can to ensure that difficult child is getting his fape in the least restrictive enviroment. am contacting a ed advocate. I see both the pros and cons of a change in placement but am filled with uncertainty. I just want to make the best decision for difficult child. Thanks for listening</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zoo_keeper, post: 489843, member: 12188"] Hi all. The visit to the alternative school went ok. I'm not as vehemently opposed to difficult child going there as I was in the beginning although it still has major drawbacks. difficult child would be the eighth student in the class (all in sixth grade). There is one sped teacher and two ea's in each room and he would swap into another room in the afternoon but the ea's travel with the students. There are 2 three hour blocks of class with an hour being spent on life skills in each block and one 45min of individual behavior modification per week. The plan for meltdowns is removing the kid from the room if possible otherwise evacuating the other students from the room. They have what they call 'crisis workers' which basically just means trained security (with state department of ed cert). In crisis situations there is a 3:1 staff to student ratio and a quiet room is utilized. There is no isolation room but they do want me to sign paperwork that oks restraints in extreme situations. I told them that will absolutely not be an option and they said they couldn't guarantee that 911/police would not get involved if I refused to sign for permission. I told them that was fine. difficult child had an awesome day at school on friday. at this point I still don't think that the school is doing everything they can to ensure that difficult child is getting his fape in the least restrictive enviroment. am contacting a ed advocate. I see both the pros and cons of a change in placement but am filled with uncertainty. I just want to make the best decision for difficult child. Thanks for listening [/QUOTE]
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