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Parental Advisory Board
How many of you have Parental Advisory Boards in your local schoo districts?
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Re: Parental Advisory Board
To my knowledge, we do not. I am pretty involved with the school. I make contact at least once a week, checking in with our guidance department making sure things are going as they should with the boys.
What is the main purpose of the board?
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I think we do, but we're just entering the school district next fall so I'll know more then.
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If your a parent of a special needs child this is an important group that you need to belong to. Not only do they help other parents but they help make policy for the special needs children. Example: I went to open house at the HS Goo Bear will attend next year. Everything was about the "regular" and Honor students. Not a word was mentioned about the Special needs children but there were many families there with special needs children. Not even a mention about where their pick up was. I had to ask all these questions that the other parents were too intimated to ask. When we had our next meeting I brought this up. Now the issue is being addressed so that parents of special needs children are not made to feel like second class citizens.
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Good for you Jinz! I didn't understand about the advisory board in that sense but I can definitely agree that its very important. My son attended one of our elementary schools to receive some speech therapy along with some of their special needs children. Although his was minor and he "graduated " from it in about 3 months, they asked if he wanted to stay because they loved having him. He really loved the class, teachers, and kids (some with Down's, severe speech impediments, physically-challenged with a trach, wheelchair bound, etc, ) that I said of course. He learned so much the rest of that year, especially that these kids were just kids and although they might have some difficulties, they were still special, God's children, and his friends. As a result, he had a great outlook on any special needs child, was very willing to help if necessary, never saw them as strange, scary, etc- he only saw them as kids. He treated every one of the kids in class equally and with kindness and I was so proud of him. We want to go back to the program so he can help out when he's a little older. I will also be on the lookout for more info when we hit kindergarten so I can be knowledgeable myself about special needs programs and/or mainstreaming etc. Thanks again for the info Jinz! :hrts
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Jinz that is wonderful that you were able to enact that change. You would think that it would have been automatically addressed, I know in our disctrict we have a large portion of the children with a modified curriculum.
I do know a friend of mine had to fight tooth and nail in her district for a modified program for her son- it was a daily battle for her and awful to watch. She did feel like a second class citizen, I remember it well, that was about 7 years ago. Her son was in the 10 grade with a 3rd grade reading level and the school just kept promoting him ignoring the issues. Things have improved in the district we have another employee whose son needed modifications and she didn't have near the problems because it's now a fairly common issue.
It's sad in this day and age that people have to be afraid to ask questions about their children in a school district where this should be something that is known and dealt with. Some students are honor students and that's wonderful, but a large number of students also have difficulties learning with a conventional curiculum- they are every bit as important as the honors student and should *NOT* be made to feel embarrassed.
Hope Goo Bear (love her nic) has a wonderful year.
I had a typo and I apologize I omitted a word ( see *) that did make a difference in the way my sentence read. I hope that everyone knew what I meant, it is corrected though now. I will have to proofread a bit better from this point forward. :booboo
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He learned so much the rest of that year
I have always said that our 'normal' kids have learned so much for our eldest - they are more considerate of his differences and they are less judgemental when they meet others with special needs. So often these kids, and their parents I might add are made to feel like lepers - I get balled out of it at my son's school cause I'm looking for the help he's entitled to! The reason I get balled out is cause "well if we give that to him we won't have time for the others". I'm sorry Mr.Principal - if you need more resources get them - if my son needs time then he should have it. It's as if because he has special needs, the time he needs isn't as valuable......I keep telling him and myself that he is entitled to a fully supported and successful/stimulating school placement as much as any other child. *rant over* :)
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Hope this isn't taken the wrong way (some times it sounds one way in my head looks another on the board)...
Growing up we have been close with 2 people who have had cystic fibrosis, a friend has a child with down syndrome, we have a friend who has a child that is deaf and has very poor vision. One of my best friends is in a wheelchair because of an accident she had in highschool. Others as well that just aren't coming to me. My boys are all the better for it, one thing I am very proud of is that they will be friends with anyone and stuff like that doesn't put them off at all, they see the person and go from there and make no judgements. Had it not been for the exposure and our ability to learn about different things, they might not be as understanding. They don't have pity friendships, because there is nothing to pity. People are people are people, and there are all different kinds in the world and everyone has their own specialness, they have friendships with their friends and I am proud of that.
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I have to say, this is one of the good things about the military--they're great at making sure that the needs of ALL the children enrolled are met.
The schools on military bases are part of the state and county school system, however the military gets a lot of say about special programs because the schools receive extra money because they're on military bases (not sure why).
In fact, if your child has a special need requiring special medical or educational treatment, they will only station you at bases equipped to support those needs.
There's a program called "The exceptional family member program" that anyone requiring needs outside the "norm" is enrolled in automatically. I'm enrolled because I'm diabetic and have Lupus, so I have to see specialists on a regular basis and I have to have access to a pharmacy for my insulin. My son is enrolled because he was born with heart defects and has to see a cardiologist every few months. If any of my kids end up needing extra services in school, they will be enrolled in the program. The program keeps tabs on you (since military families move often) and they make sure you're getting everything you need and are entitled to.
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