fragilex mom blog

Here in my city( and most of the states) parents fought to close the special needs schools and to have their children educated in neighborhood schools. In therory its great. I at one time fought tooth and nail for full inclusion for my son. It was a disaster as the teachers were not supportive of it. My son had a one on one aide but it did not work. He was not toilet trained and it was a huge issue at school. I home schooled him for 4 years. Finally got him toilet trained and sent him back to school. He was placed in a very small autistic class. It was a much better placement for him. He does so much better in very small classes with as few class changes as possible. I guess we all have to decide whats best for our kids and try to get the services they need. It isn`t easy to know whats right especially when they are young and you don`t know what they will be able to do as they get older. As far as school goes I decided that the teachers wanted to be the experts and instead of bucking the system I`d kill them with kindness. I go to all school functions and volunteer at school. I drop in and see how things are going. I write notes daily and expect to get responses and I do. This year has been one of the best so far.