Re: twins and kindergarten

[Guest guest]

KATHY -

Well said!! WELL, how is your husband and everything??? I hope all is

well!!!!!!! Yah, I have the IEP this monday and I contact the special ed

lawyer in Spotswood, NJ (I have no idea where that is?) The lawyer told me

go to the IEP and if you do not agree call me......SO, All my days are

consumed with this IEP this coming MONDAY......AGAIN, I hope everything is

going well for you and your family!!! JOYA

[Guest guest]

HI JULIE -

Oh, seperating them is not the issue, if the town could provide two

mainstream classrooms, SURE, I will seperate them. But they were in special

ed pre-k for 2 years now, they came a long way, they are telling in alot of

situations, how they are playing with older kids in the neighborhood for 2

1/2 hours and did not want to come home and did not want me with them, is

showing me, hay, let them be in a general classroom (which they are one day a

week without any aid the the teacher is saying they are doing great), they

have been in special ed pre-k for TWO YEARS, this is going to be their THIRD

year, lets move on, is my thought . It's not my fault the town does not

have 2 general classroom teachers, if they did sure I would seperate them, I

think they really grew out of seperation anxiety with each other, one family

member would take one somewhere and the other twin didn't want to go and

that's alot. So.. I am really questioning the towns placement......

[Guest guest]

Re: separating twins in preK or Kindergarten - My twins just turned 5,

have speech delay, developmental delays, autism, and PDD. I didn't want

to separate them last year for sp.ed. preK, but found out - by trying it

- it was the best thing for their issues. They enjoy coming together at

home after a day apart. They behave as though they are in their element,

at their " own " schools. They have to learn to tolerate other kid's not

understanding them, by attempting to speak more clearly, or act more

appropriately, etc. They learned a lot from imitating all the other's

behaviors (mostly good ones); and then taught each other what they

learned. I can't go into all the reasons this was a good idea, all I can

say is: I am glad I took a leap of faith and tried it. They surprised

me. Your twins may surprise you too.

mom of twins w/autism

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