Every
school year I get "Back to School" jitters because my daughter is a
unique student who I know needs instructors and caregivers who are not only
experienced, but trained to work with the Autistic population. Sadly, the school district does not have the number of trained staff to meet the
needs of this steadily growing population. I expect in the 2011-2012 school
year, that there are no glitches like the late start of support services (OT,
speech and PT). That children are assigned to their respective classrooms in
the correct ratios and aren't subjected to multiple changes which those if us
who know, is not good for Autistic children. They need consistency. I'm
anxious everyday but not so much right now since my daughter is supposed to be
in class with the same teacher she was with last November thru June. I, of
course, would be mortified if there is a new teacher. We would then be
subjected to learning someone new, and the new teacher might need weeks before
he or she becomes familiar with my daughter. It worries me-having to start
over, yet again, in a new school building to boot. I am
trying to keep the faith but the school district should use the current school year,
renewed budget and windfall of funding for special needs students to finally
get its Autism program right. We need after-school programming too. We need
sports and recreation too. We need year round programming too. |
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