Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 Good luck with the local school. Aubrie has always been in our local district (3 yrs of Prek + K) and has thrived. She has lots of friends and everyone in town knows and loves her. Her classmates see her at events or stores and greet her with enthusiasm. She is invited to birthday parties and playdates. As long as the local school can meet her educational needs, it is certainly our first choice. If we faced sending her away to our state school for the blind or deaf (both w/in an hour away) it would be a very difficult choice to give up that sense of belonging in the community. Michele W Aubrie's mom (6 yrs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 << also has multiple dissabilies. she has been in a special school for kids w/multiple dissablities, however they have really dropped the ball with communicaiton and have not given enough of a challenge >> Cathie-- I had the same situation with Eddie from age 3 to 4. I expected a school for children with multiple disabilities to be the experts, to know how to teach communication. It turns out that they were counting on the teacher of the deaf (1-3 hours a week) to do all the work toward communication. The SLP didn't think Eddie could see well enough to use picture cards or hear well enough to differentiate " bus " and " ball " so they never tried picture cards... or anything else as far as I can tell. I've been much happier with Eddie's progress--and especially the teacher's attitude--since switching him to a school for the deaf in November. Good luck with 's placement for the fall. I'd love it if my district could meet Ed's needs closer to home (he doesn't seem to mind the 1 hr drive) but I'm blessed that they've been very supportive so far. Joanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 << also has multiple dissabilies. she has been in a special school for kids w/multiple dissablities, however they have really dropped the ball with communicaiton and have not given enough of a challenge >> Cathie-- I had the same situation with Eddie from age 3 to 4. I expected a school for children with multiple disabilities to be the experts, to know how to teach communication. It turns out that they were counting on the teacher of the deaf (1-3 hours a week) to do all the work toward communication. The SLP didn't think Eddie could see well enough to use picture cards or hear well enough to differentiate " bus " and " ball " so they never tried picture cards... or anything else as far as I can tell. I've been much happier with Eddie's progress--and especially the teacher's attitude--since switching him to a school for the deaf in November. Good luck with 's placement for the fall. I'd love it if my district could meet Ed's needs closer to home (he doesn't seem to mind the 1 hr drive) but I'm blessed that they've been very supportive so far. Joanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 << also has multiple dissabilies. she has been in a special school for kids w/multiple dissablities, however they have really dropped the ball with communicaiton and have not given enough of a challenge >> Cathie-- I had the same situation with Eddie from age 3 to 4. I expected a school for children with multiple disabilities to be the experts, to know how to teach communication. It turns out that they were counting on the teacher of the deaf (1-3 hours a week) to do all the work toward communication. The SLP didn't think Eddie could see well enough to use picture cards or hear well enough to differentiate " bus " and " ball " so they never tried picture cards... or anything else as far as I can tell. I've been much happier with Eddie's progress--and especially the teacher's attitude--since switching him to a school for the deaf in November. Good luck with 's placement for the fall. I'd love it if my district could meet Ed's needs closer to home (he doesn't seem to mind the 1 hr drive) but I'm blessed that they've been very supportive so far. Joanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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