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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 680831" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>In our (forsaken) corner of Canada, there IS good help, too... as long as you don't have too long a list of challenges, and as long as you have one single primary "driver" diagnosis. Asperger's? sure, we know what to do for that. Ditto... a couple dozen diagnoses. Ten diagnoses of which seven don't overlap, and no one single diagnosis is the driver? Sorry. If he isn't severe enough to have a "driver" diagnosis, then he doesn't need help. <end of discussion> In 14 years of school, we had a total of TWO teachers who understood even PART of it and truly did their best to help, and they were not classroom teachers. Add in one vice principal. And one "technical" teacher (practical arts area).</p><p> </p><p>Hindsight. If I could have home-schooled. But we needed my income (living in a LARGE city at that point). And there were very few resources out there for on-line at the elementary level - lots more now. And how do you do enrichment for a hands-on learner without having access to things like technical classes? And I'm NOT a teacher type. But... school was toxic. Totally toxic.</p><p> </p><p>Post script: The US has one advantage, in general, over Canada. And that is an IEP process that has some kind of teeth. We have a process, alright. Just no teeth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 680831, member: 11791"] In our (forsaken) corner of Canada, there IS good help, too... as long as you don't have too long a list of challenges, and as long as you have one single primary "driver" diagnosis. Asperger's? sure, we know what to do for that. Ditto... a couple dozen diagnoses. Ten diagnoses of which seven don't overlap, and no one single diagnosis is the driver? Sorry. If he isn't severe enough to have a "driver" diagnosis, then he doesn't need help. <end of discussion> In 14 years of school, we had a total of TWO teachers who understood even PART of it and truly did their best to help, and they were not classroom teachers. Add in one vice principal. And one "technical" teacher (practical arts area). Hindsight. If I could have home-schooled. But we needed my income (living in a LARGE city at that point). And there were very few resources out there for on-line at the elementary level - lots more now. And how do you do enrichment for a hands-on learner without having access to things like technical classes? And I'm NOT a teacher type. But... school was toxic. Totally toxic. Post script: The US has one advantage, in general, over Canada. And that is an IEP process that has some kind of teeth. We have a process, alright. Just no teeth. [/QUOTE]
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