Re: ARD questions & suggestions

[Guest guest]

Dear Gwyn,

I home school, so I am not any help here.

Sorry,

Beth

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[Guest guest]

Hi Gwyn,

Can you explain what a ARD is? Is it the same as an IEP?

  

Hellard

President

International Mosaic Down syndrome Association (IMDSA)

P.0. Box 354~ Trenton ~ OH ~ 45067

1-888-MDS-LINK ~ 1- ~ (FAX) 1- 

http://imdsa.org

>________________________________

>

>To: IMDSA <MosaicDS >

>Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 7:29 PM

>Subject: ARD questions & suggestions

>

>

> 

>Hi All,

>

>I have a few ARD questions as well. We had our ARD today and overall it

>went very well. Mark will be 6 next month and he is finishing up kinder.

>

>Before you read more, I respectfully ask that the questions and answers in

>this email chain stay within this group and not be forwarded or discussed

>with anyone outside of the IMDSA community.

>

>Here are my questions:

>1. Are all ARD members required to stay for the whole meeting? The kinder

>teacher only stayed for 1/2 of the time; she had no constructive comments

>and seemed relatively disengaged.

>2. What is the law in terms of putting minutes on each activity? The

>committee struggled to tell us, other than speech and 45 min in 1st for

>math and language arts at the beginning of the day, how many minutes Mark

>would spend with the SPED teacher and then back with the 1st grade teacher.

>

>There were lots of positives that came out of the ARD. The SPED teacher is

>very excited about the new research that has been published by DSIE and has

>signed up for notification on the program! She was also very complimentary

>in our participation in providing comments back on the draft IEP and

>accepted all of our comments.

>

>One thing I have really learned in my short time doing this is the SPED and

>teachers do not always no how to educate kids with DS. I have provided

>information, tips, links for free ipad/ipod apps and been engaged as much

>as I can be with the teachers. They have all been very appreciative of the

>information that I've sent to them. In fact, the SPED went out and

>purchased, at her own expense, books on how to teach kids with DS reading

>and math and we have incorporated the suggestions into Mark's IEP. The

>mistake I made this year is not spending time in the kinder class. Next

>year I will spend time in the 1st grade class so I can get to know the

>teacher and see Mark's routine, etc.

>

>Thanks for your support and help!

>Gwyn

>

>

[Guest guest]

ARD is an acronym for Admission, Review and Dismissal meeting. An ARD is held at

a minimum annually, and can be more often if needed. It is the meeting where the

IEP is discussed and reviewed.

Gwyn

> Hi Gwyn,

>

> Can you explain what a ARD is? Is it the same as an IEP?

>

>

> Hellard

> President

> International Mosaic Down syndrome Association (IMDSA)

> P.0. Box 354~ Trenton ~ OH ~ 45067

> 1-888-MDS-LINK ~ 1- ~ (FAX) 1-

> http://imdsa.org

>

> >________________________________

> >

> >To: IMDSA <MosaicDS >

> >Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 7:29 PM

> >Subject: ARD questions & suggestions

> >

> >

> >

> >Hi All,

> >

> >I have a few ARD questions as well. We had our ARD today and overall it

> >went very well. Mark will be 6 next month and he is finishing up kinder.

> >

> >Before you read more, I respectfully ask that the questions and answers in

> >this email chain stay within this group and not be forwarded or discussed

> >with anyone outside of the IMDSA community.

> >

> >Here are my questions:

> >1. Are all ARD members required to stay for the whole meeting? The kinder

> >teacher only stayed for 1/2 of the time; she had no constructive comments

> >and seemed relatively disengaged.

> >2. What is the law in terms of putting minutes on each activity? The

> >committee struggled to tell us, other than speech and 45 min in 1st for

> >math and language arts at the beginning of the day, how many minutes Mark

> >would spend with the SPED teacher and then back with the 1st grade teacher.

> >

> >There were lots of positives that came out of the ARD. The SPED teacher is

> >very excited about the new research that has been published by DSIE and has

> >signed up for notification on the program! She was also very complimentary

> >in our participation in providing comments back on the draft IEP and

> >accepted all of our comments.

> >

> >One thing I have really learned in my short time doing this is the SPED and

> >teachers do not always no how to educate kids with DS. I have provided

> >information, tips, links for free ipad/ipod apps and been engaged as much

> >as I can be with the teachers. They have all been very appreciative of the

> >information that I've sent to them. In fact, the SPED went out and

> >purchased, at her own expense, books on how to teach kids with DS reading

> >and math and we have incorporated the suggestions into Mark's IEP. The

> >mistake I made this year is not spending time in the kinder class. Next

> >year I will spend time in the 1st grade class so I can get to know the

> >teacher and see Mark's routine, etc.

> >

> >Thanks for your support and help!

> >Gwyn

> >

> >