Re: High School Accomodations

January 13, 2008

Hi - My daughter just began high school this year, and so far, I

believe that we have good plans in place. For starters, 7th and 8th

grade were the absolute pits!!!!! She has ADHD, OCD and now TS. She

has big academic needs, so our story is a little different. But, she

works with the ED teacher (emotional disabilities). This is wonderful

because everything is completely individualized, and they are

completely sensitive to her emotional needs, while pushing her to do

her best. Is there an ED program at the school? In this program, they

can do whatever they want. For example, first semester, she has had a

late start time. Also, she takes social studies and math individually

with the ED teacher. She is mainstreamed for a couple of other

classes. Next semester, because she is ready, she will be mainstreamed

for a couple of more. This flexibility has helped my daughter's

anxiety a lot. She really feels that there is a safety net there to

catch her should she need. Her middle school offered no such program,

and it was SOOO much harder in every way. I would imagine that all

high school's need to have this kind of program.....but I am not sure.

If they are going to fight you on this, I think you may need to get an

advocate or someone with some more power to get you what you need.

Good luck! Ellen

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