Re: Pre-K....should I hold her back?

[Guest guest]

Liz, If I could do it again I would not have sent Lindsey to kindergarten

this year. It has been a real disaster, and she has been teased alot.the

stress has also caused her to develop nervous tics.

Next year I am putting her into a various exceptionality class, it is a

smaller classs,and hopefully I will get my happy go lucky girl back.

I say Hold her back!

good luck

Jennie

Lindsey's site

http://lindsey03.homestead.com/mygirl.html

[Guest guest]

Hi, my name is Kathy I saw your post. My 4th child , is older than

your daughter but when it came time for kindergarten I was also concerned

and not sure what to do. At that time he was not correctly diag. with

dyspraxia yet. is a bright boy and I was not happy with the local

school district, basically they were just going to put him into a class, in

fact the principal was telling me what his speech therapy should, and they

did not have a phonics program in place. I decided to keep him back one

year. I am also homeschooling him for know because of the lack of options.

He is doing very well. His confidence has grown since pre-school. He takes

dance lessons, competes on stage, plays lacrosse and is not afraid to meet

new friends. I have to thank the internet and the information that is

currently out there for the correct diag. and finally the right therapy.

Kathy

[Guest guest]

Liz

I also have a child in pre-K and I also will be

holding

him back. His IEP meeting is May 2 and not only am

requesting 3 hours of speech a week but, I know I will

be frighting about keeping him in pre-K. I have hire

a advocate and we are going prepared. Which I have to

say has been worth the money. I think one of the

things that save us that is birthday is 8/26 which

would make him the youngest.

maria_renella@...

mom to anthony

--- lizardo27@... wrote:

> Just wanted to get a few thoughts on what to do with

> my daughter Halley:

> She is currently in pre-k, she is still severely

> behind on her speech,...

[Guest guest]

Hi Liz -

This subject came up a few times and even though it's a personal

decision -it's good to find out the legal age that regular children

(even not special ed) are able to start Kindergarten in your state/country. I'm

in NJ and

the age I just found out is 7!!! (I thought it was by 6) In some

situations, if your child is not ready -if it's appropriate for your

child, your town can pay for out of district placement until your

child is ready to start Kindergarten. I sent the following post last

year -and I have a few interesting additions to the following story.

From the date of that post -and continuing all summer and through the

Fall -I didn't notice any difference in Tanner's speech if he went to

the private $110 for 50 min out of pocket speech therapy or not.

However -if I forgot to give him his ProEFA -he showed changes the

next day. As some of you know -we did not send Tanner to

Kindergarten when he turned 5 -we kept him in the same preschool

where he receives three days a week 1/2 hour of one on one therapy

for speech and one day a week of 1/2 hour one on one therapy for OT.

Around the Xmas holidays -we stopped sending Tanner for private

speech -but continued to use the therapeutic listening program and

ProEFA -but that was it. We signed Tanner up in Karate and swimming,

etc.

I'm happy to say that at Tanner's last IEP they all believe that

Tanner can be completely mainstreamed by kindergarten -which was our

goal all along. This is not to say that his speech is 100% -he still

needs therapy of course, however he is able to communicate his needs

now! Just the other day I was with Tanner getting haircuts and this

lady was talking to him. She said " So what was today a half a day

for you? " and I told her the name of the preschool he goes to

letting her know the program is only a half a day. Thing is that the

preschool Tanner goes to is for the hearing impaired and deaf so

after Tanner walked away to get a toy -she leaned over to me and

said " Why would he be going to the ___ school? There is nothing

wrong with him, I was just talking to him. " I couldn't have had a

bigger smile on my face when I told her " You just made my day you

have no idea!!! Just alittle over a year ago I had people asking me

what's wrong with him " I'll keep you guys posted on some of the new

stuff I'm trying now like cranial sacral therapy (OK -and some will

do cranial sacral therapy while in the water with the dolphins - we

haven't tried that!!...yet)

Anyway -below is my post from last year. Liz -hope it works out with

the TV documentary and I get to see you and Haley again - what do you

think...another trip to Mars?!

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[Guest guest]

My daughters both could have started kindegarten this past year.

They are both 5 1/2. One of them has been in a Jr. Kindegarten

class, and the other has been in a Pre-K class. I'm glad we didn't

put them in kindegarten. It's given them more time to work on their

speech without any of the other pressures of school. I've been

working on their reading at home, and one of them is starting to

read.

Good luck.

Suzi

> Just wanted to get a few thoughts on what to do with my daughter

Halley:

> She is currently in pre-k, she is still severely behind on her

speech, and am

> considering holding her back next year instead of sending her to

kindegarten.

nd am concerned

if the

> teachers and her ST would agree with me on this. If they do not

agree, do I

> still have the right to hold her back. I feel pretty strongly

about holding

> her back...Any thoughts?

[Guest guest]

Liz-

Your message could have been written by me. My son is only in nursery this

year going to pre-k next year but I am already thinking of doing what you

suggest next year (if need be). He is also very confident and social and I

fear the whole teasing aspect of this disorder. He is also very smart and

from what we can tell his only issue is his speech. I also want to try and

keep him out of special ed. Please let me know what you decide to do and how

it works out for your child. It will help me when we have to make our

decision next year.

Good Luck.

Lynaugh

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