Elaine Taylor <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I've been wanting to get into this discussion, however time
> hasn't permitted.
>  Now that I have a minute...
>
> As you know, both of my children have CP. Alex much more
> involved than Briana.  Currently, Alex is in a small group (4
> kids, including Alex) contained class in a regular school.  I
> do not see Alex moving from a contained class anytime in the
> near future (I'm hoping however to place him with a larger
> group within the next couple of years or so, but as of yet, he
> is not ready).
>
> I have looked into a "Special Ed School" for him about 2 years
> ago.  It is a school specifically for CP. Unfortunately, and as
> mentioned in other posts, I felt it was a babysitting school.
> When I went there, one child was sleeping in a stander, another
> was "penned up" (a small fence around her because she was a
> runner), and a group of children were "learning."  The learning
> aspect really blew me away.  I just didn't see any going on.
> The stuff they were learning was just not the education that I
> wanted my son to have.
>
> The teacher's were "taught by the therapist's to do PT/OT, and
> therapy was all group, no individual.
>
> Although I am mainstreaming Briana, I am not an advocate of
> mainstreaming for all, obviously, Alex is not ready (any maybe
> never will be) for mainstreaming, and that's OK.  As long as he
> gets a quality education. That's all I care about.
>
> Elaine
>
>
Totally agree.

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Deri James