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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 500295" data-attributes="member: 12886">sfr, so sad.&nbsp;&nbsp; I feel awful for difficult child.&nbsp;&nbsp; Just amazing how states and SD's etc. get around things or ignore things and and and....It has kind of been a hot area of license around here.&nbsp; I have three friends and a neighbor who chose to add the license cert. to their teaching licenses.&nbsp; &nbsp; Such a bummer.&nbsp;&nbsp; BUt even given that, like anything, there are good&nbsp; programs and awful ones.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some of the transition goals I have seen seem so stupid for lack of a professional word.&nbsp; My good friend, she is a pre school teacher for the deaf and also mother of two Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids, has a son in the transition plus program in our district.&nbsp;&nbsp; She is fighting them hard now and using the same law advocate as I.&nbsp;&nbsp; Her son needs college prep, not academically, he does well there... but in terms of advocating for himself, how to approach a professor, how to get accommodations, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; They want him to sit in cooking classes, follow directions, summarize news paper articles (how many people do that in life??) etc.&nbsp; they go on field trips... ummm... this kid transports himself several cities away by bus and works in a store at teh mall of america!&nbsp;&nbsp; he is fine in public.&nbsp;&nbsp; HE is not even aspergers... just plain old autism.&nbsp;&nbsp; Really frustrating.&nbsp; &nbsp; there is a lot of work to do.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am really sorry for your fight.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think we need yoru soap box for the sake of everyone!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="buddy, post: 500295, member: 12886"] sfr, so sad. I feel awful for difficult child. Just amazing how states and SD's etc. get around things or ignore things and and and.... It has kind of been a hot area of license around here. I have three friends and a neighbor who chose to add the license cert. to their teaching licenses. Such a bummer. BUt even given that, like anything, there are good programs and awful ones. Some of the transition goals I have seen seem so stupid for lack of a professional word. My good friend, she is a pre school teacher for the deaf and also mother of two Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids, has a son in the transition plus program in our district. She is fighting them hard now and using the same law advocate as I. Her son needs college prep, not academically, he does well there... but in terms of advocating for himself, how to approach a professor, how to get accommodations, etc. They want him to sit in cooking classes, follow directions, summarize news paper articles (how many people do that in life??) etc. they go on field trips... ummm... this kid transports himself several cities away by bus and works in a store at teh mall of america! he is fine in public. HE is not even aspergers... just plain old autism. Really frustrating. there is a lot of work to do. I am really sorry for your fight. I think we need yoru soap box for the sake of everyone! [/QUOTE]

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