School

[Guest guest]

My son is in a pre-k class for autistic children at our home school. The teacher

thinks that he needs to go to another school next year (one thats close to where

we live) that offers K thu 2nd grade thats just for autistic kids. My only

problem is the has two brothers(one that is his twin )that will still go to our

home school. I'm worried about spilting them up. I want to do whats best for his

education but really hate the idea that he'll be away from his brothers. What

would you do ?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I work with the public school as a parapro.Most twin are in different classes.They have different schedule and don't even see each other much.So I think the only difference would be going to school together because at school they would be seen each other much anyway. I would request to visit and observe the class they want to send your son before agree with the change.

Good Luck,

A.Simon,

"I know God promises not to give me more than I can handle.

I just wish he didn't trust me so much."-Mother

Subject: SchoolTo: autism-georgia Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 6:38 AM

My son is in a pre-k class for autistic children at our home school. The teacher thinks that he needs to go to another school next year (one thats close to where we live) that offers K thu 2nd grade thats just for autistic kids. My only problem is the has two brothers(one that is his twin )that will still go to our home school. I'm worried about spilting them up. I want to do whats best for his education but really hate the idea that he'll be away from his brothers. What would you do ?

[Guest guest]

I have twin girls in kindergarten and they attend different schools. We also did this last year for pre-K. We didn't really decide that we wanted to split them up, just follwed the needs of each child. The girls are both on the spectrum but have very different needs so the fact that they can each get what they need works well for us. One child goes to our home school and the other attends another public school that's also very close to our home. It's a little hard to feel involved in both schools but definitely do-able. We have found that we really like one of the schools better than the other (NOT our home school) so we may try to get both girls in the same school next year. Having them in seperate schools had allowed each to develop their own identities on their own environments...it's

weird to me that people don't really know them as twins - everyone is facinated when they see them together One of the reasons this works for us is that one of our kids has behavioral issues that the other doesn't have...actually our other daughter is very rule based and doesn't like it when her sister doesn't follow the rules. having them seperated eliminates that anxiety for her at school.

I can think of MANY pros and cons on both sides but ultimately my husband and I want them to each be as successful as possible so we're considering them seperately and making choices for their education based on what will be best for each of them. It's a tough thing to do but so far has paid off.

Good luck!

andi

To: autism-georgia Sent: Tue, February 8, 2011 6:38:54 AMSubject: School

My son is in a pre-k class for autistic children at our home school. The teacher thinks that he needs to go to another school next year (one thats close to where we live) that offers K thu 2nd grade thats just for autistic kids. My only problem is the has two brothers(one that is his twin )that will still go to our home school. I'm worried about spilting them up. I want to do whats best for his education but really hate the idea that he'll be away from his brothers. What would you do ?

[Guest guest]

I think all twins are different. I originally wanted to separate my sons (they're identical twins) when they entered into K this year. My oldest, who is high-functioning went into a different class that was across from his brother, who is mild-high functioning. My oldest kept getting into a lot of trouble at the beginning of the year, as he didn't do well with the separation as well as we thought he would have. Once we moved him into the same class as his brother, he was fine. Like I said, all twins are different. I know some twins who have been separated from each other and at different schools and have been fine. Then there's twins that are like mine that can only handle separation from each other in very small doses. I would've kept mine separated, but for the time being, my boys just weren't ready to be separated from each other.

"Time is ticking down, like a metronomerhythm for my brain. And it's ceaseless scares.I never seem to play them to the beat I hear. My heart beat is a beat that beats so near."-Sixpence None The RicherSubject: Re: SchoolTo: autism-georgia Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 9:53 AM

I have twin girls in kindergarten and they attend different schools. We also did this last year for pre-K. We didn't really decide that we wanted to split them up, just follwed the needs of each child. The girls are both on the spectrum but have very different needs so the fact that they can each get what they need works well for us. One child goes to our home school and the other attends another public school that's also very close to our home. It's a little hard to feel involved in both schools but definitely do-able. We have found that we really like one of the schools better than the other (NOT our home school) so we may try to get both girls in the same school next year. Having them in seperate schools had allowed each to develop their own identities on their own environments...it's

weird to me that people don't really know them as twins - everyone is facinated when they see them together One of the reasons this works for us is that one of our kids has behavioral issues that the other doesn't have...actually our other daughter is very rule based and doesn't like it when her sister doesn't follow the rules. having them seperated eliminates that anxiety for her at school.

I can think of MANY pros and cons on both sides but ultimately my husband and I want them to each be as successful as possible so we're considering them seperately and making choices for their education based on what will be best for each of them. It's a tough thing to do but so far has paid off.

Good luck!

andi

To: autism-georgia Sent: Tue, February 8, 2011 6:38:54 AMSubject: School

My son is in a pre-k class for autistic children at our home school. The teacher thinks that he needs to go to another school next year (one thats close to where we live) that offers K thu 2nd grade thats just for autistic kids. My only problem is the has two brothers(one that is his twin )that will still go to our home school. I'm worried about spilting them up. I want to do whats best for his education but really hate the idea that he'll be away from his brothers. What would you do ?

[Guest guest]

My triplets were at the same school for Pre-K which was wonderful. In fact, my daughter with ASD ate lunch each day with her sister and her friend everyday in the cafeteria. One day she blew a kiss at her brother in the hallway. But, alas, she had to go to a different school for K. I have accepted it now and love both schools but it still pains me that they are apart. I think about how different it would be if my other two could see their sister everyday and their friends get to know her on a different level than they do now. Luckily, they will all get to join each other again in the 6th grade for middle school. It is exciting to think that I will get to drop them all off in the morning! My NT daugther already talks about getting to help out in her sister's class in middle school and they are only in 2nd grade!