tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688143.post2275101961094836303..comments2024-01-13T08:25:18.371-08:00Comments on Big Dawg Tales: This did not have to happen!Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243079362504708235noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688143.post-64927998451704185672008-09-30T18:00:00.000-07:002008-09-30T18:00:00.000-07:00Midwest Lady, thanks for commenting and I do under...Midwest Lady, thanks for commenting and I do understand your point and I hear it many times. My issue is that if IDEA was actually followed and funds were appropriated to supports and services as needed you would be able to have everything you just described at your home school. Take a look at your schools and tell me that services for students with disabilities have improved at the same level as the sports facilities. <BR/><BR/>While I will always support any parents decesion on placement I will alway be pushing for full funding and implementation of IDEA.<BR/><BR/>Peace.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243079362504708235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688143.post-65019868254868339012008-09-30T16:00:00.000-07:002008-09-30T16:00:00.000-07:00I'm in Kansas City and my heart goes out to the fa...I'm in Kansas City and my heart goes out to the families of those killed. I have a son with Down Syndrome. Sometimes you have to go to schools outside your immediate area if you want to get an education good enough for your child. Not every school is set up to handle children with disabilities. I would rather have one school loaded with specialists that my child can truly learn from than to have my child sit in a "neighborhood school" and just sit in the classroom because the teachers don't have time to work with them, or if the child simply can't do the work. There is a shortage enough in my area of para-educators. Having all the children spread out just for the sake of having them in their neighborhood schools would be doing a big disservice to the children.BlessedMom62https://www.blogger.com/profile/02057086287264770715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688143.post-72665665888395389912008-09-28T09:34:00.000-07:002008-09-28T09:34:00.000-07:00So your point is that if you want a more restricti...So your point is that if you want a more restrictive option for your child which I have no problem with it should be located in a different school district 30 miles away from your school district? And as part of that education your child should spend almost 2 hours a day on a bus?<BR/><BR/>While I will always defend your choice on placement I disagree 100% that the placement should be at another school. <BR/><BR/>Until we force the issue students will get what parents can negotiate for vs what the student needs.<BR/><BR/>Sorry on this one we disagree.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243079362504708235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688143.post-76109314633302575472008-09-28T08:17:00.000-07:002008-09-28T08:17:00.000-07:00Jeff, I love your posts, but I think you are way o...Jeff, I love your posts, but I think you are way off base here. <BR/><BR/>To turn a tragic accident into a rant on inclusion just isn't right.<BR/><BR/>I'm a full believer in inclusion. My daughter's in a fully integrated preschool program. However, I know that for MY child, it is not appropriate for Kindy. <BR/><BR/>Heck, the school district is leaning towards full inclusion with supports and I'm pushing to get her OUT of our local elementary. We live in a rural district and the teachers just don't have the ability, knowledge or experience to effectively teach my multiply disabled child (Down syndrome & autism).<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you don't know the full backgrounds of these kids on the bus and to assume that they could have or wanted to have been fully integrated is flawed.<BR/><BR/>I beleive in inclusion, but I'm tired of having to defend my choice of a more restrictive environment for my child because that is what is appropriate for her.datrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11780816487520416497noreply@blogger.com