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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Depends on the kid. One of my girls has special needs, and I just found out today that she will have to follow the district protocol (whereas other kids with disabilities will be allowed to attend in class four days per week), which likely means three days of online instruction at best each week (and potentially five if cases stay where they're at).
She's had a para with her from K-2, and has issues with vision, gross motor, fine motor skills, and attentiveness. They are going to try to administer services to her virtually, which I think is an absolute fool's errand. Both my wife and I work and neither one of us are trained in special education. I honestly don't know how we're going to do it. I'm trying desperately to find someone with a SpEd background to come into the house on the days when they'll have virtual instruction, but that is going to be both incredibly difficult to find and expensive.
Honestly, it's a nightmare.
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Well that's a bunch of horse shit. Why does she not get to go 4 days a week as well?
With you being the father of a child with special needs Im sure you already know about IEPs. Since other children with special needs are going to be allowed to go 4 days a week, then I think you could get something in her IEP that states she must be doing in person learning. Hell you might not even need that specifically stated in her IEP. I was looking at
https://dese.mo.gov/special-educatio...on-program-iep and they have a newly revised Form G now for distanced learning and that form is only used if the school is closed. If the school isn't closed they may be required to allow her to go to school on days that the school is open.
This is the purpose of Form G for IEP's
PURPOSE: This form is designed to support individualized student planning for the delivery of special education and related services on days when school facilities are closed. It is recommended this form be used in conjunction with the companion document, Implementation guidance for alternative methods of instruction (AMI) days for students with disabilities, for additional information and strategies to support the planning of services and supports.
Also I know you said your wife and yourself work and aren't trained in special education, but I believe you can request training. This is also in the form
Parental and staff input on priorities needed for the student during closures (technology, instructional materials, instructional supports available in the home, training needed for parents in order to support distance learning in the home):
My sister has her masters in education and is an elementary school teacher and im pretty sure she said that schools must accommodate everything in an IEP regardless of costs. If you could get it worked out in the IEP that she must have someone in your home for instructional support I believe the school will have to pay for a para in the home.
I may be completely wrong with this and maybe someone else told me that stuff about IEPs, but it's definitely worth checking out(if you haven't already).
I hope you get everything figured out.