Re: Still looking for high school IEP details

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> Hi all. Much thanks to the couple of responses I got to this on another

thread. I'd still like to hear more though.

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> If you're very busy, very brief is fine. Just a couple of lines regarding

what the items and goals are for your high school aspie. I'm particularly

interested in social skills and organizational issues.

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> After the school district being totally disinterested in participating in my

son's interventions for years now (he is 14), I am at a loss at what to expect

or ask for. I feel like I'm in the twilight zone.

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> I know there are things I can read (and am), but I'd really like to hear real

life examples. Anything is helpful. The more ideas I have to choose from, the

better.

So, are most people either homeschooling, in private school, or not getting much

in the way of accommodations in high school? (Speaking of the lack of response

to this.) This is the feeling I'm getting--just curious.

Ruth

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> We got all the accommodations and supports necessary in high school. There is

no difference in accommodations or supports from grade school to high school.

But their needs change and they are ready to start taking more accountability,

so I was curious what people are doing.

No, you don't need to dig up a list for me from the internet--I can do that--I'm

looking for BTDT.

Some of the few replies I've gotten have been interesting. One person's son has

to talk to a girl for 5 minutes as part of his IEP (I sure hope you don't mind

me sharing that--that is priceless).

Ruth

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> > We got all the accommodations and supports necessary in high school. There

is no difference in accommodations or supports from grade school to high school.

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> But their needs change and they are ready to start taking more accountability,

so I was curious what people are doing.

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> No, you don't need to dig up a list for me from the internet--I can do

that--I'm looking for BTDT.

Something maybe I should add is that I'm noticing people write down all these

nice things on IEPs/504s, but they don't necessarily have any intentions of

actually DOING them. My husband and I are coming to the conclusion that a lot

of it is a matter of how much you can individually talk each

teacher/administrator into doing--you have to be a good salesman. So, I'm

curious what people are actually DOING, what is actually working--not just all

this pretty stuff that people put down on paper. It is great to get all these

great ideas off the internet--but is anybody actually going to do them? OK, I'm

rambling! Anyway, that is why I am looking more for BTDT (although I do plan on

going through all the lists too!).

Ruth

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> Ruth,

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> My son is finishing his first year in high school. ...

Donna, thanks so much for taking the time to write this all down. It was very

helpful to see a day-to-day kind of glimpse as to how things work with a

resource teacher if everything is going right. We're new to having a resource

teacher, and I'm struggling to figure out what I can do to help. So, this was

great.

Ruth