Re: looking looking looking

[Guest guest]

Hi Sunny and welcome!

Have you had private evaluations for Keegan? It's typical that children that

are late talkers -undiagnosed and now " resolved " end up with the LD label that

is in my opinion in most cases inappropriate. Children that are late to talk

due to developmental or impairment reasons have in either situation

developmental lags in language which can be resolved with appropriate therapy to

catch them up. The fact that he has no issues with computer games is just one

example that he found a way to work with learning in that area- and clearly

there is more and more education that is available through the internet today.

Why was he for example put into functional skill classrooms since kindergarten?

Outside of school professionals did anyone else concur on that? If you let us

know what state or country perhaps there are others in your area to help you

advocate now.

If the placement your child is currently in is not appropriate you could fight

for what is called " out of district placement " in the IEP which would be covered

by your town's school. In fact you may possibly learn that due to their

inappropriate placement of your child for the past number of years that it would

be appropriate for him to be in ______ to bring him up to speed.

I'm not saying that the Montessori isn't appropriate- but unless you just aren't

sharing all the details it sounds to me like you just may have a child that fell

through the cracks and now is a great time to advocate for him to get him help.

It would then be the IEP that would pay if appropriate for whatever placement is

appropriate for your child. In addition if he stills has speech issues -he

clearly has an impairment and it wasn't just a developmental one. Do you have a

diagnosis? Let us know- we can help!

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[Guest guest]

Hi Sunny, have you had your child's hearing tested too?

>

> Hi Sunny and welcome!

>

> Have you had private evaluations for Keegan? It's typical that children that

are late talkers -undiagnosed and now " resolved " end up with the LD label that

is in my opinion in most cases inappropriate. Children that are late to talk

due to developmental or impairment reasons have in either situation

developmental lags in language which can be resolved with appropriate therapy to

catch them up. The fact that he has no issues with computer games is just one

example that he found a way to work with learning in that area- and clearly

there is more and more education that is available through the internet today.

>

> Why was he for example put into functional skill classrooms since

kindergarten? Outside of school professionals did anyone else concur on that?

If you let us know what state or country perhaps there are others in your area

to help you advocate now.

>

> If the placement your child is currently in is not appropriate you could fight

for what is called " out of district placement " in the IEP which would be covered

by your town's school. In fact you may possibly learn that due to their

inappropriate placement of your child for the past number of years that it would

be appropriate for him to be in ______ to bring him up to speed.

>

> I'm not saying that the Montessori isn't appropriate- but unless you just

aren't sharing all the details it sounds to me like you just may have a child

that fell through the cracks and now is a great time to advocate for him to get

him help. It would then be the IEP that would pay if appropriate for whatever

placement is appropriate for your child. In addition if he stills has speech

issues -he clearly has an impairment and it wasn't just a developmental one. Do

you have a diagnosis? Let us know- we can help!

>

>

> =====

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the reply. We live in Utah. I've only had evaluations from the

School District. His I.Q. is below the charts, therefore giving him his

classification as LD. There has been no diagnosis for him. I feel that he

should not be in a class room with severe children that will never learn and

that make screaming noises or sing all the time. This to me is not a learning

environment. He is provided a speech therapist a couple times a week through

the school .

I'm upset with myself letting this go on for as long as I have. I feel there is

something more out there for him and its time I seek my hardest to find it.

Is it hard to prove this? I dont know where to start.

Sunny

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From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

Sent: Thu, December 16, 2010 10:48:43 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: looking looking looking

Hi Sunny and welcome!

Have you had private evaluations for Keegan? It's typical that children that

are late talkers -undiagnosed and now " resolved " end up with the LD label that

is in my opinion in most cases inappropriate. Children that are late to talk

due to developmental or impairment reasons have in either situation

developmental lags in language which can be resolved with appropriate therapy to

catch them up. The fact that he has no issues with computer games is just one

example that he found a way to work with learning in that area- and clearly

there is more and more education that is available through the internet today.

Why was he for example put into functional skill classrooms since kindergarten?

Outside of school professionals did anyone else concur on that? If you let us

know what state or country perhaps there are others in your area to help you

advocate now.

If the placement your child is currently in is not appropriate you could fight

for what is called " out of district placement " in the IEP which would be covered

by your town's school. In fact you may possibly learn that due to their

inappropriate placement of your child for the past number of years that it would

be appropriate for him to be in ______ to bring him up to speed.

I'm not saying that the Montessori isn't appropriate- but unless you just aren't

sharing all the details it sounds to me like you just may have a child that fell

through the cracks and now is a great time to advocate for him to get him help.

It would then be the IEP that would pay if appropriate for whatever placement is

appropriate for your child. In addition if he stills has speech issues -he

clearly has an impairment and it wasn't just a developmental one. Do you have a

diagnosis? Let us know- we can help!

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[Guest guest]

----- Forwarded Message ----

From: Sunny <gesshooo99@...>

Sent: Sat, December 18, 2010 10:45:50 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: looking looking looking

Thanks for the reply. We live in Utah. I've only had evaluations from the

School District. His I.Q. is below the charts, therefore giving him his

classification as LD. There has been no diagnosis for him. I feel that he

should not be in a class room with severe children that will never learn and

that make screaming noises or sing all the time. This to me is not a learning

environment. He is provided a speech therapist a couple times a week through

the school .

I'm upset with myself letting this go on for as long as I have. I feel there is

something more out there for him and its time I seek my hardest to find it.

Is it hard to prove this? I dont know where to start.

Sunny

________________________________

From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

Sent: Thu, December 16, 2010 10:48:43 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: looking looking looking

Hi Sunny and welcome!

Have you had private evaluations for Keegan? It's typical that children that

are late talkers -undiagnosed and now " resolved " end up with the LD label that

is in my opinion in most cases inappropriate. Children that are late to talk

due to developmental or impairment reasons have in either situation

developmental lags in language which can be resolved with appropriate therapy to

catch them up. The fact that he has no issues with computer games is just one

example that he found a way to work with learning in that area- and clearly

there is more and more education that is available through the internet today.

Why was he for example put into functional skill classrooms since kindergarten?

Outside of school professionals did anyone else concur on that? If you let us

know what state or country perhaps there are others in your area to help you

advocate now.

If the placement your child is currently in is not appropriate you could fight

for what is called " out of district placement " in the IEP which would be covered

by your town's school. In fact you may possibly learn that due to their

inappropriate placement of your child for the past number of years that it would

be appropriate for him to be in ______ to bring him up to speed.

I'm not saying that the Montessori isn't appropriate- but unless you just aren't

sharing all the details it sounds to me like you just may have a child that fell

through the cracks and now is a great time to advocate for him to get him help.

It would then be the IEP that would pay if appropriate for whatever placement is

appropriate for your child. In addition if he stills has speech issues -he

clearly has an impairment and it wasn't just a developmental one. Do you have a

diagnosis? Let us know- we can help!

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