>>>>>>>>>Hey Jude, I have emailed you before about my beautiful princess
Matilda - I
am very confused about her schooling and what to do with her and your
email
caught my attention - does Kam go to a special needs school? I'm not
eager
to send Matilda to our local special needs school because I tend to
think it
could be just a baby sitting service not a place of education. Matilda
yearns for so much and is so eager to learn. We are just in the process
of
learning about conductive education and it's benefits - has anyone else
had
experience with this??<<<<<<<<<<,
Welcome Catherine and glad you found us, I would love to hear more about
your daughter. My reason for being here is my daughter Rebecca who is 11
1/2 yrs old and has T18 m ( although a small percentage of normal cells,
7 0r 9 percent) re: schooling, Rebecca went to regular JK and SK, in
grade one the school wanted to send her to the special needs class in
another school ( here in Ontario Canada the special needs classes are in
certain schools) any way this is really the plan I had anyway as I did
not feel that straight academics would be her strong point. She is
technically in grade 5 although by age she should be in grade 6 (I held
her back a year)
For Rebecca the special Ed class is the way to go. She gets PT and OT
from the EA's who have the experience that an EA in a regular class
would not. She loves her class and the teacher works on the goals I
want. She is integrated into a kindergarten class for certain subjects
and really loves school.
Susan mom to Rebecca t18m age 11 1/2
Ontario Canada
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