Re: IEP,S and starting kindergarten

[Guest guest]

I have been reading about the questions about IEPS and starting kindergarten

I just thought I would let you in on what I know . Two years ago I started my

daughter in Kindergarten and it was the single best thing I could do for her

they (being the school system)called me in for a " meeting " more a less to

tell me that she was too far behind to catch up true she was totally NON

VERBAL but like I told them I have worked for five years on keeping Whitney

from thinking she was any less of a person than anyone else and she truly

didnt think she was any different than anyone else so I went on to tell the

school board that my daughter was entitled to the same education as were the

children of this school I also told them that if need be I wouldbe At the

school everyday if I felt she was not getting the proper treatment I had no

idea that she had Apraxia untill later in the year however they individualized

her a program that has her not only writing her first name but her last name

she was mainstreamed in both years of Kindergarten but this year she is going

into a special class but the good thing about a IEP is you can accept it or

tell them what you think needs to be done like I have now requested that she

have one hour speech sessions instead of 30 min. sessions because we all know

it takes that long for a apraxic child to warm up . I hope this helps if any

one has questions please let me know I had to go through this by myself you

can reach me at ARFisher5@...