pepperidge
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HI,
Does anyone have any ideas what I should ask for in my next IEp meeting transitioning to middle school?
I have a 5th grader who hates school, shuts down when work is hard. He has ex functioning difficulties, is very bright, is a highly visual learner and thus has receptive language issues. He is very mechanical. My school district is very small. This year they have provided him an aide in two subjects, which he hates, because it stigmatizes him and because the aides force him to concentrate on work he doesn't want to do anyway. I feel like the school has tried to provide traditional services, but they don't really address his needs.
I am thinking more and more that he needs a completely different style of education, much more experiential, maybe some kind of vocational. This is a kid who loves laerning about irrigation systems etc. There are no private schools in the area except religious one, and there is one program modeled on the outward bound experiential curriculum in the next town, but it is closed to out of district placements because it is oversubscribed.
The middle school program in the district is pretty traditional. Just getting him aides doesn't seem to address the tendency he has to shut down when work is hard and his complete lack of interest in/motivation to do "traditional school." there is a regional behavioral program, but I don't think that really addresses his issues which are not linked to reward/consequences.
I fear that as he gets into middle school, he will get increasingly depressed by his "inability/unwillingness" to the work and we will be back to suicidal issues.
Right now I think he is pretty well medicated, maybe some rome for finetuning but I don't think it will really address the education issues.
I have posted before,a nd Martie has been kind enough to share her experiences. At this point, I simply don't know what I could ask my school district to provide.
Any thoughts?
A very frustrated warrior mom.
Chris
Does anyone have any ideas what I should ask for in my next IEp meeting transitioning to middle school?
I have a 5th grader who hates school, shuts down when work is hard. He has ex functioning difficulties, is very bright, is a highly visual learner and thus has receptive language issues. He is very mechanical. My school district is very small. This year they have provided him an aide in two subjects, which he hates, because it stigmatizes him and because the aides force him to concentrate on work he doesn't want to do anyway. I feel like the school has tried to provide traditional services, but they don't really address his needs.
I am thinking more and more that he needs a completely different style of education, much more experiential, maybe some kind of vocational. This is a kid who loves laerning about irrigation systems etc. There are no private schools in the area except religious one, and there is one program modeled on the outward bound experiential curriculum in the next town, but it is closed to out of district placements because it is oversubscribed.
The middle school program in the district is pretty traditional. Just getting him aides doesn't seem to address the tendency he has to shut down when work is hard and his complete lack of interest in/motivation to do "traditional school." there is a regional behavioral program, but I don't think that really addresses his issues which are not linked to reward/consequences.
I fear that as he gets into middle school, he will get increasingly depressed by his "inability/unwillingness" to the work and we will be back to suicidal issues.
Right now I think he is pretty well medicated, maybe some rome for finetuning but I don't think it will really address the education issues.
I have posted before,a nd Martie has been kind enough to share her experiences. At this point, I simply don't know what I could ask my school district to provide.
Any thoughts?
A very frustrated warrior mom.
Chris