Kindergarten, horseback riding and memory

[Guest guest]

I would really like to do something about special ed kids getting

services if they are homeschooled. My family is friends with the

family of one of our US Senators. I've been very tempted to use

this connection to see if there is any way to change our special ed

laws.

Suzi

--- In @y..., " Robyn " <mysticcreek@a...>

wrote:

> My struggle is I plan to homeschool. Well that makes us not

eligible for speech services for my son who has severe verbal

dyspraxia and sensory issue and a problem with memory.

[Guest guest]

Suzi, are you saying that children who are homeschooled are not entitled to

services? That's news to me and I'd be furious! What's the difference between

homeschooled and private schooling?

Tammy

[ ] Re: Kindergarten, horseback riding and memory

I would really like to do something about special ed kids getting

services if they are homeschooled. My family is friends with the

family of one of our US Senators. I've been very tempted to use

this connection to see if there is any way to change our special ed

laws.

Suzi

--- In @y..., " Robyn " <mysticcreek@a...>

wrote:

> My struggle is I plan to homeschool. Well that makes us not

eligible for speech services for my son who has severe verbal

dyspraxia and sensory issue and a problem with memory.

[Guest guest]

In Texas there is no difference between homeschooled and private school.

Homeschooled kids are considered to be in private school. There is no longer

dual enrollment in Texas meaning homeschool and private school children do not

receive special services from the school district. I plan to fight them on this

but on the grounds that right now my son does not have to be enrolled in school

till age 6. We will see how it goes. making my first phone call to district

tomorrow. Have my note book ready to write down all the names I talk to and

request every thing in writing form them. We will see how it goes.

Robyn

[Guest guest]

This is wild to me. Here in Oregon kids in private schools have speech services

all of the time...lots of people I know have their kids in private schools and

receive services. I guess we're lucky.

Tammy

Re: [ ] Re: Kindergarten, horseback riding and memory

In Texas there is no difference between homeschooled and private school.

Homeschooled kids are considered to be in private school. There is no longer

dual enrollment in Texas meaning homeschool and private school children do not

receive special services from the school district. I plan to fight them on this

but on the grounds that right now my son does not have to be enrolled in school

till age 6. We will see how it goes. making my first phone call to district

tomorrow. Have my note book ready to write down all the names I talk to and

request every thing in writing form them. We will see how it goes.

Robyn

[Guest guest]

There is a new federal law that was just started either at the end

of last year or the first of this year.

Both private school and homeschooled children are not entitled to

full services. I know in our district it amounts to 10 hours of

speech, and that is all no matter what the disability is.

In our district, the district is provided complete services for

preschool children. I think they are doing this because a regular

preschool would be the least restrictive environment, and the school

district only has head start and special ed preschool classes.

Anyway, this is going on across the country, and districts are

changing old policies based on this new regulation.

I know there is more information in the IEP_Guide group. There was

lots of discussion about his in that group.

Anyway, it sucks!!!!!!! We might consider private school if we

could get complete OT and speech services.

--- In @y..., " Tammy Sowell " <Tammy_S68@m...>

wrote:

> Suzi, are you saying that children who are homeschooled are not

entitled to services? That's news to me and I'd be furious! What's

the difference between homeschooled and private schooling?

> Tammy

>

[Guest guest]

Robyn,

I'm not a professional, but what you are describing with your son sounds like

a word retrieval problem. My older " typical " son had this. He could not

produce specific words on demand. He disguised it very well because he is

very bright and had no other problems. But when you were describing the way

your son cannot come up with a person's name - that sounded so much like my

son. He would often just withdraw and not answer. We thought it was extreme

shyness, possibly selective mutism. We finally found an unbelievable speech

therapist when he was 8 years old, who also had a degree in psychology, and

she was very helpful. Now he is fine (other than being 13 - not an easy

age), but I do feel that not diagnosing it early adversely affected his

personality - I don't think he would have been such an introvert if we had

found and treated the problem earlier.

Just my two cents.

Barbara

[Guest guest]

You're right...that really does stink. I guess it hasn't quite reached us yet

here in Oregon. I just referred a student of mine for speech a few months ago.

(The student is attending a christian private school.) I'd be furious

considering how high our property taxes are here with most of it going straight

into the schools and education programs.

Tammy

[ ] Re: Kindergarten, horseback riding and memory

There is a new federal law that was just started either at the end

of last year or the first of this year.

Both private school and homeschooled children are not entitled to

full services. I know in our district it amounts to 10 hours of

speech, and that is all no matter what the disability is.

In our district, the district is provided complete services for

preschool children. I think they are doing this because a regular

preschool would be the least restrictive environment, and the school

district only has head start and special ed preschool classes.

Anyway, this is going on across the country, and districts are

changing old policies based on this new regulation.

I know there is more information in the IEP_Guide group. There was

lots of discussion about his in that group.

Anyway, it sucks!!!!!!! We might consider private school if we

could get complete OT and speech services.

--- In @y..., " Tammy Sowell " <Tammy_S68@m...>

wrote:

> Suzi, are you saying that children who are homeschooled are not

entitled to services? That's news to me and I'd be furious! What's

the difference between homeschooled and private schooling?

> Tammy

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