Comments on A Primer on Special Needs and the Law: Blawg in a Box

Thanks for the info - I wasn't aware that this wou...

2009-11-02T19:36:48.057-04:00

Thanks for the info - I wasn't aware that this would be the last year to worry about it.

We had another school meeting and agreed to IPP his French for this year. That way we can reduce the amount of French classes in his curriculum and free up the rest of the time that would have been French to do organizational/tutorial classes.

Not perfect, but you are absolutely right about picking our battles - not to mention saving our precious energy!

Thanks again

Okay, I will post on that in the next few days - h...

2009-10-30T10:59:37.490-03:00

Okay, I will post on that in the next few days - hopefully, over the weekend.

BTW, you might want to consider that apparently Grade 9 is the last year for compulsory French so this particular problem should disappear for you next year. Picking our battles ... it ain't easy.

Thanks. And spread the word about the blawg, please!

We live in Truro, Nova Scotia. Our board is Chign...

2009-10-29T17:08:02.455-03:00

We live in Truro, Nova Scotia. Our board is Chignecto Central Regional School Board. Our son is in grade nine. I also wanted to say thanks for blogging - I searched for something local regarding special needs for a long time before a friend put me in touch with yours. Keep up the great work!

Thank you for the question. I've dealt successfull...

2009-10-29T12:44:19.003-03:00

Thank you for the question.
I've dealt successfully with this isue for my own daughter in the past few years but could you tell me whether you're in Nova Scotia and, if so, what school board is involved? That info should help make my answer more relevant.

Thanks for the offer to answer questions! We have...

2009-10-29T10:41:17.050-03:00

Thanks for the offer to answer questions! We have one that our family has been dealing with in regard to school. We have requested on several occasions that our son be exempted from French at school because of his disability (PDD-NOS/NLD). We have been told that the school is unable to exempt any student from French and that he will have to continue to take it even though there is no reasonable expectation that he will learn to use it. The school has offered an IPP (although it was never put in place, he currently draws pictures in French class) but we wanted him removed from French so that he could use those classes for organization and catch up (or maybe even some tutorial). We have been told there is no way around this although there are other children in the school who have been exempted from French. What is your take on this?