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David Chan
MemberWe're watching TLC with our daughter tonite, it's "toddlera and Tiaras". OK they call us Freaks for doing ABA. Just sayin'
Mr. P's parents
MemberMr. P just wrote his English 12 provincial exam today 3 hours of hard graft. Now that, that part is complete,he is officially a high school graduate. how about that.
Dave and Julia
Mr. P's dad and mum
MemberI just found the best accessory ever for an IEP meeting, the next time they tell you they don't have any money to service your kid because there are budget cuts, and lack of money, bring this little baby with you, it's a clock that calculates what the meeting cost.
check it out, just mad I didn't think of it first. We could call it the IEP clock…..
just sayin'
Dave,
Mr. P's Dad
P.S.
Convocation is this Saturday people. Yeah, the kid that got pulled out of public school after 21 days of grade 2 is graduating with a dogwood. That's right i said it, Dogwood, that's standard BC high school matriculation.fight the good fight people
MemberMerry X'mas and happy holidays to all.
thanks Joanne, nice to see others posting and seeing the torch being passed. This kind of torch passing I like, unlike the olympic one.
All the best
Dave
Mr. P's DadMemberSorry to say folks I am way past sad on the James Delorey. I am furious, that it takes a frozen kid to "Raise awareness for Autism"
People I think we are all aware.I think that autism is more in the national consciousness today more than ever.
It's amazing to me that the country is all maudlin about this poor little kid that followed his dog into the woods and froze to death, but we can't come together and make ABA treatment accessible to all the children LIVING with autism.
Why don't we do the canadian thing and just have another study.
People get mad not sad
Dave
Mr. P's DadMemberHey all,
It's been a long time since I posted. Today, I thought I'd share, Mr. P and his sister both got their report cards today. The both did well, but really grades don't matter. Mr. P is in Grade 12 now, he is on an adapted program, he has and IEP which means he does regular curriculum (courses) but he gets to use adaptations. Like exam in library no time limit on exams, etc.
As it were, he will graduate with a Dogwood, which is the standard matriculation in British Columbia.
I'm writing this for all the folks that are struggling in the elementary school placement right now. Wanted to let you guys know that there is light at the end of the tunnel. It's not about grades, or dogwoods, it's about inclusion.
He is a member of his grad class, and for the most part, he peers understand, appreciates his challenges and differences.
To address the elephant in the room, This student didn't attend school in grade two, he was working at home with his team 6 hours a day 6 days a week.
He enrolled in a grade 3 class with proper support, and the rest as it were is History. There's a lot more history to make yet, and it's a long road ahead.
I think the important thing to remember is not to give up, and not to settle for what is on offer. Always remember, as with ABA THERAPY. NO THERAPY is better that BAD THERAPY. The corollary is also true.
NO SCHOOL is better than BAD SCHOOL. I do appreciate the time and financial limitations that everyone has, but there is the HEWKO decision now, and that's a lot more than we had all those years ago.
I think that we as a collective can not let school districts marginalize our children by attrition. The truth is that we as concerned parents will not fight with school districts forever, our children's time can not be retrieved. So as responsible parents we will find alternatives for our children, whether it is an independent school, or home schooling.
I think the challenge is to make school districts realize that our students are assets in the school and not liabilities. This no resources, your kids are a burden discussion is old and frankly lame.
As an immigrant child from Hong Kong, my parents,always told me," You speak English, you can do, faster and better"
So I think it's time for all you English, Spanish, Hindi, Punjabi, French, Croation, Serbian, Estonian, Russian, Chinese speakers, and (whoever else I forgot) who are all waaaaaaay more clever than me, so get out there
do faster, but more importantly DO BETTER.
A long time a ago I found this quote:
"if you will it, it is no dream"
Theodor HerzlSo everyone go out there and "Will it"
Fight the good fight,
Dave
Mr. P's DadMemberWell folks,
here's the deal from a long time FEAT'er. We've had an interesting run at this school thing. Our guy is in Grade 11. My take on the whole thing is this. The devil is in the details. Inclusion is what we as a collective have struggle for many years; actions like the Hewko case, have allowed our children reasonable accomodation in the classrooms. That said, many parents through consultation with their consultant, have decided that for their child to work on individualized programs in a separate place is best during the school day. That's a parental choice, and I respect that.
Here's my issue, I personally have spent time and money to make sure that SCHOOLS don't decide what the best interest of these kids are, and have the ultimate decision made by parents in consultation, instead of being coerced into putting their kid into a cluster because of expedience.
It's never overt coercion "The resource room is where your kid belong, this is what you expect when your kids is the r-word", That will never happen (although, never say never, till it's caught on tape) because of optics. What I'm worried about, it's the subversive, "Ah look how well he's doing in the resource room he's so happy there" coercion, next thing you know, we're segregated all over again.
Here is my way of trying to see if something is reasonable for our children, take the words special needs/autistic and substitute with "Chinese, Black, or Jew" and see if the same suggestion sounds reasonable. give it some thought.
I'm very sure that all the parents that participate on this chat board will be more than vigilant about having the school decide where their child is placed. Be very aware that for every set of parents that are vigilant, there will be many many others that are just tired, misinformed, trusting, that will just go with the flow, through no fault of their own, to have their child segregated.
These are students that we have to worry about.
I wish everyone the best in their school journey. It's always always about what's best for the kids.
Mr. P's Dad
Memberhey all,
I think this is a better link to the global newscast
MemberHey everyone,
This is the link to the global new cast, in case anyone missed it on the 6 o'clock news.
it's around the middle of the newscasts
Memberhey gang, here is the link to the global tv piece from this afternoon's rally.
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