Comments on: College & Kids with Special Needs: Can They Go Together? http://www.differentdream.com/2010/03/college-kids-with-special-needs-can-they-go-together/ for my child Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:47:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jolene http://www.differentdream.com/2010/03/college-kids-with-special-needs-can-they-go-together/comment-page-1/#comment-11416 Jolene Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:37:26 +0000 http://www.differentdream.com/?p=1558#comment-11416 Hi April, What a difficult time for your son. Does he have an IEP? If so, you can call a meeting and discuss your concerns and ask for goals that address the comprehension. If that doesn't work, you might want to contact WrightsLaw (http://www.wrightslaw.com/) about how to advocate for the services needed. You also need to assure him of his strength areas and give him a chance to exercise them (in whatever area, including non-academics) so he experiences some success. Also, remember that school is a very artificial environment, and many of the skills important to success in school don't matter much in the real world. What matters in the real world is cooperation, effort, punctuality, and respect. If your child has those traits, he may experience more success once he's out of school. I don't know how old he is, but maybe a job training program should be part of his IEP. I'm just giving suggestions off the top of my head. Does anyone else have something to contribute? Jolene Hi April,

What a difficult time for your son. Does he have an IEP? If so, you can call a meeting and discuss your concerns and ask for goals that address the comprehension. If that doesn’t work, you might want to contact WrightsLaw (http://www.wrightslaw.com/) about how to advocate for the services needed.

You also need to assure him of his strength areas and give him a chance to exercise them (in whatever area, including non-academics) so he experiences some success. Also, remember that school is a very artificial environment, and many of the skills important to success in school don’t matter much in the real world. What matters in the real world is cooperation, effort, punctuality, and respect. If your child has those traits, he may experience more success once he’s out of school. I don’t know how old he is, but maybe a job training program should be part of his IEP.

I’m just giving suggestions off the top of my head. Does anyone else have something to contribute?

Jolene

]]> By: April McRae http://www.differentdream.com/2010/03/college-kids-with-special-needs-can-they-go-together/comment-page-1/#comment-11413 April McRae Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:20:13 +0000 http://www.differentdream.com/?p=1558#comment-11413 Hi Jolene I have a special needs child and he has a extremly hard time with all his academic work in school and he is in a school for students with specific learning disabilities and he's still having problems comprehending and they don't seem to get the message that he is not comprehending or understanding the work and he tells me that the teachers do not want to take the time to explain the work to him they look at him like he's a failure to society and gives up on him because they are frustrated because he don't understand the work. So he tells me sometimes that he is so depressed because he feels there's something blocking his mind from comprehending and he wishes he was dead because he can't learn and they're not taking him seriouly at his word. He also say he want to go to college but don't know if he's able to make it because he's not getting the help in school now to how would he be able to do college work .If you can be of any assistance please feel free to send me information that may help me to help him with his comprehenshion to school work. Sincerly Mrs. A.McRae Hi Jolene I have a special needs child and he has a extremly hard time with all his academic work in school and he is in a school for students with specific learning disabilities and he’s still having problems comprehending and they don’t seem to get the message that he is not comprehending or understanding the work and he tells me that the teachers do not want to take the time to explain the work to him they look at him like he’s a failure to society and gives up on him because they are frustrated because he don’t understand the work. So he tells me sometimes that he is so depressed because he feels there’s something blocking his mind from comprehending and he wishes he was dead because he can’t learn and they’re not taking him seriouly at his word. He also say he want to go to college but don’t know if he’s able to make it because he’s not getting the help in school now to how would he be able to do college work .If you can be of any assistance please feel free to send me information that may help me to help him with his comprehenshion to school work.

Sincerly
Mrs. A.McRae

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