School aged children

[supa_star323]

I am wondering if there any sn mums with school aged children out there?

DS won't start prep until 2012 but I am wondering what kind of support and stuff he will get at school...

Will he be in a separate education unit or integrated into normal classes, and if he is in a normal class, will he have a support person all the time?

Are there questions I should ask when looking at schools?

[Nowhere]

Hey

We are in WA so miki started school this year, At the primary school it goes from kindy to year 7 so 4 to 12 year olds.

The whole special school, versus main stream school versus ed suport unit is such a hard choice.

My sugestion is go adn look at all of them and make a decison based on how you feel about what is provided by each and every one so you can make well rounded choice.

With DD we chose main stream well more so It was chose for her, She can talk well so a special school wasnt an opption for her, Even though she best fits in there as they have nurse that can attend to her needs they have wheelchait acces are used to dealing th SN children but because she can talk she couldnt get a place ther, We could of fought it but I decided that she is likely better off with kids she can communicate with, Then we had the issue that specal ed units wont take kids untl year one here, Unless its a EIC that is JUST for children with autism not for any other disablty.

So we went for mainstream, In that DD needs a ful time aide, her first aide quit on day one as DD was to much work, Her new aide is great but I have to go with her as well, as a SN aide isnt trained to deal with the list of issues DD has this term we are having the nurses from PMH go out to the school to teach them how to care for Miki, but I wil be going to scchool with her until they are confident to deal with her.


Its is hard working having your SN child in with Mainys it really is, its heart breaking to see the diferce in abilty and what not, but if they can cope in mainsteam school it can give them the best start to intergrating into main stream society, We are stil not sure if DD can cope there or not time will tell.

[becca022]

Ds started school this year. He's got Spina Bifida & a severe gdd. We chose to put him in the special school because they are better able to tend to his special needs. There are atleast 2 aides in the classroom with the teacher at all times & 5 students in his class. His learning is mostly play based. There are all physically disabled kids in his class & he's the only one who can talk so he gets a lot of one on one time with the teacher. He went to a mainstream pre school last year & had an aid with him all the time.

[Nowhere]

Ds started school this year. He's got Spina Bifida & a severe gdd. We chose to put him in the special school because they are better able to tend to his special needs. There are atleast 2 aides in the classroom with the teacher at all times & 5 students in his class. His learning is mostly play based. There are all physically disabled kids in his class & he's the only one who can talk so he gets a lot of one on one time with the teacher. He went to a mainstream pre school last year & had an aid with him all the time.


What are you noticing in tersm of his development this year being n Special ed as apose to mainstream last year in pre school, We are decided if to keep Kenz in main next year or not

[~BEXTER~]

Keiara started this year and she is in a support class.
It has 8 kids one teacher and one aide teacher.


So far it is going well but she started late so had one week before holidays. Keiara does not like crowded or noisy places so the smaller class room defiantly is better for her.

The teachers are strict with her which I like and she does get that one on one when needed.

There isn't to much I can say at the moment as it is all new, but I was worried when I was thinking I would have to of sent her to main stream kindy, I was also told by the principle that she would not qualify for as much aide as what she would need.

So for me the support class is the better choice for Keiara.

One thing I did do and I am sure you will to is I went and met with the principle of the school that I wanted Keiara to go to 6 months before enrollment and explained everything about Keiara and what my concerns were.

That is when I filled out the forms for the aide worker and when we decided Keiara would do a lot better in a autistic kindy (I did this in Sydney, then moved to Bathurst and she got a support class up here)

[MummaBear03]

DD goes to a Catholic school in a normal classroom but with an aide and she also sees the guidance counsellor there and they do Occupational Therapy at the school as well so she gets heaps of support. We're meeting a team of specialists soon to go over any other areas where she may need assistance. Her paed suggested a few types of sports and a music program which I'm struggling to afford but reluctant to stop taking her to. They have helped her with confidence and are building her social skills so I really don't want that to come to an end.

[mummyof9kids]

My sn son who has cp ,globle delays ,and cortical virual impairment started kindy this year he goes to the Merriwa ed surport centre in the northern subburbs of perth .The good thing is that the class only ever has 6 children and 8 helpers .Dont know about were you are but if your child has globle develemental delays then they can go to one of these centres if excepted they arnt just for aurtizim children they are normaly attached to a main stream school and the children get to spend there recess and lunch playing out side with children who dont have sn the only problem with it is that when it comes to pre primary they only go 2 days a week next year and not the 5 days like in a normal school .

[Nowhere]

My sn son started kindy this year he goes to the Merriwa ed surport centre in the northern subburbs of perth .The good thing is that the class only ever has 6 children and 8 helpers .Dont know about were you are but if your child has globle develemental delays then they can go to one of these centres if excepted they arnt just for aurtizim children they are normaly attached to a main stream school and the children get to spend there recess and lunch playing out side with children who dont have sn the only problem with it is that when it comes to pre primary they only go 2 days a week next year and not the 5 days like in a normal school .


Hey

thats where we might be changing miki to as wel, I didnt know you guys was in perth as well, Origanaly they couldnt take her there so we sent her to main stream but then after a horid first day we spoke to the prnceple she was more than happy to take miki, but we decided to give main stream a try, but I am still having to go with ehr and she not copeing so might end up ther next term :)

[supa_star323]

Thankyou all for the replies.

I have been told by our paed that he will not be able to attend the 'special school' as his IQ wouldn't be low enough. However as he cannot talk I just don't know.

I am probably worrying myself way in advance but ah well. I am prepared to move if we find an awesome school so I think this is half the reason I am stressing in advance.

I shall make some calls and go see some places.

[becca022]

What are you noticing in tersm of his development this year being n Special ed as apose to mainstream last year in pre school, We are decided if to keep Kenz in main next year or not


I've noticed that he's talking more, he's picking up new words.
I think the one on one time with the teacher has helped.

He's also not as over stimulated - he would get over stimulated by the yelling & running children all day.

So I've noticed he's calmer & talking more.

I don't regret sending Thomas to special school & he got a lot out of mainstream playgroup too.

We're hoping that one day he can go to a mainstream school & he will get a review in a few years time to see if he's still eligable for special ed, or to see if he's able to go to mainstream. :thumbsup: