Special Needs + Speech

[eb204]

Apr 18, 2008 13:31:44 GMT -6 jenrik2714 said:

My daughter is a junior and she is one of the high functioning LD students. She does complain that there is no help for her in study skills class when it comes to math. The aides are only knowledgable up to Alg 1 and Geometry. They don't expect the kids to get past that level. My daughter is taking Alg 2 with Trig, when she does have a problem, she has to go the library at lunch. She is stuck in the middle. She is smarter academically than some of the kids in her study skills course, but she still needs assistance.

This is why I am excited about the e-tutorials that are coming with the technology curriculum. My child often "forgets" the lessons he was instructed on in the classroom and doesn't have very good study habits, but the e-tutorials would be perfect for him. Reinforces what they learn during the school day. Great for every student, but I think especially for the kids that need a little extra help in this area.

[Arch]

They should license with Nintendo, to capture the kid's interests... An adventure game that is a history lesson, for example...

[specailneedsmom]

Everyone should judge for themselves whether the changes being implemented work for their child and should be encouraged to ask questions of their local school special needs personnel first as to how these changes will affect their child. In addition, they should attend the SNPTA meetings and learn and ask questions. Very few districts provide such communication avenues.

[specailneedsmom]

I'm not sure that cuts would be made because of reduction in need because every year the number of students with special needs grows. Also, if we are giving services to those who advocate the most then that would be prejudicial. Services should be given on the basis of need, not advocacy.

[Arch]

Apr 18, 2008 21:28:43 GMT -6 @specailneedsmom said:

I'm not sure that cuts would be made because of reduction in need because every year the number of students with special needs grows. Also, if we are giving services to those who advocate the most then that would be prejudicial. Services should be given on the basis of need, not advocacy.

Amen

[eb204]

Apr 18, 2008 21:56:16 GMT -6 Arch said:

Apr 18, 2008 21:28:43 GMT -6 @specailneedsmom said:

I'm not sure that cuts would be made because of reduction in need because every year the number of students with special needs grows. Also, if we are giving services to those who advocate the most then that would be prejudicial. Services should be given on the basis of need, not advocacy.

Amen

When I was referring to need, I was talking about specific needs going up or down. For example, the number of kids needing speech therapy might go up or down vs the number of kids needing OT or PT. Overall, I believe, too that the number of special needs kids will continue to increase in this district and, in fact, all over the country. But someone asked about cuts in speech services specifically and I said it depended on the need in that particular area of need and even the demand/need for it based on an individual school's number of kids needing speech. There might be more kids that need speech at McCarty than at Fry. Likewise, Fry might have more OT recipients/needs than that of Springbrook. I hope that clairifies my point a little better.