Re: Clarification for Ken and others

[Guest guest]

Ditto for California.

Some of the children, especially those with " shadows " as we call

their one-on-one aides, are mainstreamed full-time.

However, most other children are mainstreamed as appropriate -- and

attend their other classroom (forget the name) for key subjects.

The going in and out is VERY easily and unobtrusively done. I think

this is also because different children are going in and out for

speech, for remedial reading help, etc.

Guessing states may be different.

> Ken,

>

> While you are technically correct about all students being

grouped

> together instead of " special needs " vs. regular, there are cases

> where this is not necessarily so. For example, in my school,

> children are all in homerooms, but the ones with LLD (language and

> learning disabilities) come to me for reading, LA, math, science

and

> social studies. They join their homeroom, mainstreamed, peers for

> lunch, gym, music and art. Some do also go back for science and

> social studies, but that is not the norm.

>

> Max is in what is called " replacement " classes. His IEP is

written

> so that he goes to these classes in place of mainstreamed classes

> because they are smaller, the teacher is special ed certified and

> they move at a slower pace, breaking the material down into

smaller

> pieces to learn at a time. He is only mainstreamed for clubs and

> lunch.

>

> So, while the schools can say that the kids are mainstreamed, it

is

> really " mainstreamed as appropriate. " It all depends on the child

> and that child's needs.

>

> Jodi Z.