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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 708661" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Job Corps has CAD in San Jose and New Hampshire centers. Job Corps is free. Free room and board, and well-supervised. They accept and they accommodate and they support disabled kids.</p><p></p><p>Look. Computer aided design is probably in itself a cookie cutter technical field. To assist architects or engineers, mostly. But she could love the way it empowers her art.</p><p></p><p>I do not know what I think about her going to Job Corps. My son went.</p><p>I think there are too many tough kids there. (My son was vulnerable.)</p><p></p><p>This is what I really think. I think what I wrote to you was correct. That post. Or posts.</p><p></p><p>I think the future will take care of itself, if we take care of the present. Nobody is asking the school to do more than what is legally required of them: teach your child.</p><p></p><p>I do not know what your circumstances are. Whether you work from home. Or not. I do not think it would be good for your daughter to be at home. But she needs to be educated.</p><p></p><p>What I was suggesting is that the school be flexible in their approach. They must do that, really. It is the law.</p><p></p><p>They could allow her to show her mastery and achievement in ways she can do. They must do that. They break the law and they abuse her, if they do not. They are now asking her to do something she is unable to do.</p><p></p><p>This is not camp. It is school. They are the ones who need to bend. She cannot. She is doing her absolute best. And her absolute best is absolutely wonderful.</p><p></p><p>Tell me what you think specifically, and I will support you every single step of the way. I was part of these IEP teams as a professional and as a parent.</p><p></p><p>We can do this.</p><p></p><p>This is what I think:</p><p></p><p>She needs to be educated privately in the core subjects that she needs to graduate: like English, History, a math class. Civics. Just the basics. There is no reason in the world she could not have pull out by a teacher a few hours a week, such as upanddown describes. She could be allowed to sit in a study hall and quietly draw, and in this way she would fulfill her electives. If they can send teachers home to students (who are ill, or unable for other reasons to attend) they can certainly provide this service to your daughter.</p><p></p><p>There are deaf and blind students who cannot do exams in the same format as do the other students (or students without digits or limbs)--they can and legally must accommodate your child so that she can show her mastery and achievement IN THE WAY THAT SHE CAN. They must educate her in a way that she will learn. That is the law.</p><p></p><p>Being SWEET is not the deal. She has to learn and to achieve. It is their job to accommodate her to do that.</p><p></p><p>So for the core subjects she needs to be accommodated. They have the ability to let her use her art to address all of her electives.</p><p></p><p>It is not the way of the natural world to beat us down. It does not have to be this way.</p><p></p><p>As far as paying for art school down the road, when she is old enough she will qualify at a state school for free. Meanwhile she can go to community college. In my state the current tuition is about $120 a class.</p><p></p><p>There is so much possible. She could go to Art School in a foreign country probably for very cheap. We would just have to do research. Or vocational rehabilitation could possibly pay for it. We do not know that they would not. I was looking at MFA programs in Studio Art FOR MYSELF and I am collecting Social Security!! I think I saw a school as low as $8000. a year, tuition. I think it was in either New Mexico or Arizona. That was not counting whatever financial aid was possible.</p><p></p><p>Your daughter sounds so wonderful, there are skills she can learn along the way, that would be marketable. Like this CAD.</p><p></p><p>I am so hopeful for her.</p><p></p><p>My life was hard. Actually. Very hard. But everybody's is. But I dreamed big. There has not been one big dream that I have not achieved. My problems really got bad when I stopped believing I could do it, it could happen. I have so many dreams left.</p><p></p><p>She will go to art school. I know she will. We just need to handle right now. She should not be allowed to fail at school. That is ridiculous.</p><p></p><p>She is so lucky to have a mother like you. And she is a BLESSING.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 708661, member: 18958"] Job Corps has CAD in San Jose and New Hampshire centers. Job Corps is free. Free room and board, and well-supervised. They accept and they accommodate and they support disabled kids. Look. Computer aided design is probably in itself a cookie cutter technical field. To assist architects or engineers, mostly. But she could love the way it empowers her art. I do not know what I think about her going to Job Corps. My son went. I think there are too many tough kids there. (My son was vulnerable.) This is what I really think. I think what I wrote to you was correct. That post. Or posts. I think the future will take care of itself, if we take care of the present. Nobody is asking the school to do more than what is legally required of them: teach your child. I do not know what your circumstances are. Whether you work from home. Or not. I do not think it would be good for your daughter to be at home. But she needs to be educated. What I was suggesting is that the school be flexible in their approach. They must do that, really. It is the law. They could allow her to show her mastery and achievement in ways she can do. They must do that. They break the law and they abuse her, if they do not. They are now asking her to do something she is unable to do. This is not camp. It is school. They are the ones who need to bend. She cannot. She is doing her absolute best. And her absolute best is absolutely wonderful. Tell me what you think specifically, and I will support you every single step of the way. I was part of these IEP teams as a professional and as a parent. We can do this. This is what I think: She needs to be educated privately in the core subjects that she needs to graduate: like English, History, a math class. Civics. Just the basics. There is no reason in the world she could not have pull out by a teacher a few hours a week, such as upanddown describes. She could be allowed to sit in a study hall and quietly draw, and in this way she would fulfill her electives. If they can send teachers home to students (who are ill, or unable for other reasons to attend) they can certainly provide this service to your daughter. There are deaf and blind students who cannot do exams in the same format as do the other students (or students without digits or limbs)--they can and legally must accommodate your child so that she can show her mastery and achievement IN THE WAY THAT SHE CAN. They must educate her in a way that she will learn. That is the law. Being SWEET is not the deal. She has to learn and to achieve. It is their job to accommodate her to do that. So for the core subjects she needs to be accommodated. They have the ability to let her use her art to address all of her electives. It is not the way of the natural world to beat us down. It does not have to be this way. As far as paying for art school down the road, when she is old enough she will qualify at a state school for free. Meanwhile she can go to community college. In my state the current tuition is about $120 a class. There is so much possible. She could go to Art School in a foreign country probably for very cheap. We would just have to do research. Or vocational rehabilitation could possibly pay for it. We do not know that they would not. I was looking at MFA programs in Studio Art FOR MYSELF and I am collecting Social Security!! I think I saw a school as low as $8000. a year, tuition. I think it was in either New Mexico or Arizona. That was not counting whatever financial aid was possible. Your daughter sounds so wonderful, there are skills she can learn along the way, that would be marketable. Like this CAD. I am so hopeful for her. My life was hard. Actually. Very hard. But everybody's is. But I dreamed big. There has not been one big dream that I have not achieved. My problems really got bad when I stopped believing I could do it, it could happen. I have so many dreams left. She will go to art school. I know she will. We just need to handle right now. She should not be allowed to fail at school. That is ridiculous. She is so lucky to have a mother like you. And she is a BLESSING. [/QUOTE]
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