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[amo_mea_filiis.]

Oh my, this has been difficult with ds.

 

Dd? Piece of cake! 5 school days left, but she's done. A's and B's, except for the C in math. She despises math, but I think Everyday Math provided a poor foundation. 

 

Ds needs to be walked through every little thing, and he's only doing math, reading, and LA right now! LA is above him, so he gets VERY frustrated during live lessons. Math is the same. 

 

Thankfully, a 5th consulting psychologist reviewed his evaluations and agreed that we need to specifically address spelling, and he wants ds's math skills picked apart a little more. He's placed in 3rd grade (end of level C) SRA math. 2nd grade has some parts he could use, but he's also splintered into level D a bit (3rd, but end of 3rd), and even 1st could be beneficial. Lol. 

 

I had planned to use R&S 2nd grade because 1st was awesome and I feel like R&S will fill in these weird gaps. I've considered getting R&S anyway and providing massive rewards for math since he'd be doing 2 things, but I don't want to confuse him. I also considered a summer intensive, but he's getting extended school year. They will not give us behavior support without the academic piece over the summer, even though I'd be more than happy to provide the academics. With behavioral support, he could probably get through 2nd grade R&S in the summer.

 

His reading class is supposed to be a decoding class, but the teacher never corrects or actually teaches anything (she said nothing about a child trying to sound out pneumonia letter by letter) . They read a page out loud with a ton of errors, and then are told to answer the comprehension questions for homework. At the beginning of class, they go over a few of the questions, and she just tells the kids to pay better attention to what they're reading, but there's no way they can because nothing makes any sense! If I was trying to get the point by listening, I'd be completely lost. (I don't mean to sound harsh or anything, but the kids are not getting instruction, reading very choppy, pronouncing everything incorrect, and expected to understand!) They've read Oliver Twist (a very short version written at the 2nd-3rd grade level) and are now reading The Last Leaf (rewritten low level). Ds sounds amazing, and I feel bad that he's in this class. He's the only one reading fluently. However, he and I read the chapter twice before class. I read to him, then he reads and I correct anything as needed. Yet he needs serious decoding work because he's been stalled at this level for years. 

 

I might let him fart through their academics for the summer and still use our own, or somehow modify and supplement. I have no idea how they're going to teach spelling, but his teacher's method of not caring is not going to get us anywhere. I wish she were at least taking data on his misspellings. I think that gives good info!  

 

He's going to the middle school in the fall, and we still haven't nailed down what to do for science and social studies. He doesn't have art (this is good!), educational technology, and no academic demands for PE (I keep an activity log). 

 

I'm still waiting for his daily behavioral support to start, but it looks like it will not be until school ends. We got extended ESY services approved (ESY is x to x, and then related services are only y to y. Ds's are approved for almost the entire summer) to make up the 64 lost hours they were not able to provide. 

 

 

[Storygirl]

Are you using the same cyber school next year? It sounds like his needs don't match up well with what they offer. Will they be able to do more for him next year?

Edited May 27, 2016 by Storygirl

[amo_mea_filiis.]

My primary need right now is behavior. This cyber is the only one who gives ABA to older, high functioning kids. The other cybers, even though they're supposed to, fight hard before giving the instructional aide/ABA tutor. One of the cybers has zero kids with an instructional aide.

 

We will be using this cyber next year.

 

They should be able to more next year because the gap will be huge.

[City Mouse]

Just curious. How does the behavior support work for online school? Does a person come to your house your house to work directly with him, or is this done virtually?

[amo_mea_filiis.]

It's physical support. His school based BCBA is here up to 10 hours a month, and his IA will be here about 4 hours a day. His OT consult is also in-home. Speech is online.