Guest guest Posted March 7, 2000 Report Share Posted March 7, 2000 My son, age 12, in 7th grade, has never been pulled out to work with TOD, but is pulled out for speech. He is in classes for gifted students (and gets straight A's) and it is important to me that he not be pulled out for speech during academic classes-not only because he might miss something, but, because, I feel he is in school to attend class--speech is secondary. The speech teacher knows how I feel and works around his schedule-last year he had speech during study hall and this year he has it during SSR (silent, sustained reading.) He can miss that without any problem because he is a very good reader and does plenty of reading on his own time. I wouldn't worry too much about what they might miss as far as being behind in middle school in science or social studies--but still, this is stuff you want them to get. I would talk to the speech teacher and let him/her know of your concerns. I don't see why the speech couldn;t incorporate parts of the science/social studies curriculum. Joan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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