Comments on: Schools, Special Education, and Choice http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2008/08/22/schools-special-education-and-choice/ HoosierAccess.com Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:21:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Joel Harris http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2008/08/22/schools-special-education-and-choice/#comment-5109 Joel Harris Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:00:44 +0000 http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2008/08/22/schools-special-education-and-choice/#comment-5109 I have a child on the autism spectrum. I know of what I speak. Don't be patronizing. The reason that I believe that it would probably be beneficial (not knowing the specifics that you do not know either) is that someone with memory issues normally has to have more repetitions before they get it. The repetition is EXACTLY the solution that the child needs. If he is currently in a mainstream classroom, the issues are probably there already. "he needs one effective session of something else" That is exactly what I proposed at the end of the entry. I have a child on the autism spectrum. I know of what I speak. Don’t be patronizing.

The reason that I believe that it would probably be beneficial (not knowing the specifics that you do not know either) is that someone with memory issues normally has to have more repetitions before they get it. The repetition is EXACTLY the solution that the child needs. If he is currently in a mainstream classroom, the issues are probably there already.

“he needs one effective session of something else”

That is exactly what I proposed at the end of the entry.

]]> By: harldelos http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2008/08/22/schools-special-education-and-choice/#comment-5107 harldelos Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:44:17 +0000 http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2008/08/22/schools-special-education-and-choice/#comment-5107 The parents seem to belong to that school of thought, that you can make yourself understood to someone who doesn't speak English, as long as you speak very slowly, and very loudly. The kid doesn't need two ineffective sessions of regular kindergarten daily; he needs one effective session of something else. If the kid goes to two sessions of kindergarten, he'll end up hating school. That'll happen soon enough anyway, and no need to accelerate that outcome. What's more, he'll make 60 other kids hate school, instead of just going to one session of kindergarten, and making 30 other kids hate school. If you had a kid with speech, memory, and behavioral problems, you'd understand why the parents want him in kindergarten both morning and afternoon; they need some <i>relief</i>. I'm not unsympathetic, but the school is there to meet the kid's needs, not the parents' needs. If someone wants to start up a <i>really</i> valuable charity, someone needs to provide a daily break for parents with kids like this. The parents seem to belong to that school of thought, that you can make yourself understood to someone who doesn’t speak English, as long as you speak very slowly, and very loudly.

The kid doesn’t need two ineffective sessions of regular kindergarten daily; he needs one effective session of something else. If the kid goes to two sessions of kindergarten, he’ll end up hating school. That’ll happen soon enough anyway, and no need to accelerate that outcome. What’s more, he’ll make 60 other kids hate school, instead of just going to one session of kindergarten, and making 30 other kids hate school.

If you had a kid with speech, memory, and behavioral problems, you’d understand why the parents want him in kindergarten both morning and afternoon; they need some relief. I’m not unsympathetic, but the school is there to meet the kid’s needs, not the parents’ needs.

If someone wants to start up a really valuable charity, someone needs to provide a daily break for parents with kids like this.

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