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Kids with IEP’s.

Hi ladies! I was wanting to know if there are any moms out there that have kids with an IEP at school or that are in specials. My son has an IEP and I had to pull him out of public school and started homeschool. I felt that in public school, he wasn’t pushed more to do more challenging work instead of being on the Chromebook and playing around with toys. EVERY DAY. I ask him what he did at school and he would say “we were on the Chromebook doing iready and I just played after that with toys in the room.” I would ask what he learned and he would say ABC’s and 123’s or he will just shrug. I speak with the special Ed teacher and I felt like an annoyance to the IEP team because I ask questions. His gen Ed teacher was amazing and supportive. I ask for updates about his progress and what I can do to help and so on. He’s had an IEP since kindergarten for ADHD and developmental delay. I don’t understand how my child can be many years behind. He was in 2nd grade performing on kindergarten level. Like what is he doing at school?! He’s now in 3rd grade and ever since we started homeschooling he’s at a 2nd grade level. I personally feel that special Ed treat the kids as if it’s a daycare and that they will eventually just get a special diploma so they don’t really have to TEACH them but instead just watch them. I was a sped teacher assistant and I felt like I was the only one who cares and actually interacted with the kids. It’s sad and unfair to say the least. How are you dealing with everything? Some advice, thoughts, or input would greatly be appreciated!😊

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Hi, my son is in fourth grade and academically is around 2nd grade. He has a speech delay, ADHD, and autism. This is our first year homeschooling after he has been on an IEP since he was 4. He’s made so much more progress since we started homeschooling. I still have him in speech, aba, and social skills through his medical insurance. We use a variety of curriculum based on his skill set for that subject. He loves the outdoors and swimming so we try to do that as much as we can. We transitioned him because I felt like his progress was minimal and he hated school. He just did not do well in a classroom setting. He’d hide his clothes in the mornings, it was awful. He has bad separation anxiety. He still has play dates with some of his old friends. I try to keep him connected.

I mean if you are in the states honestly the federal dept of education just laid off half their employees… and IEPs were regulated by them… so homeschool is the way to go for lots of us now for nuerodivigent kids in my book. But honestly I see a lot of teachers on TikTok seeing a lot of kids not just ones with IEPs are falling behind. The no student gets left behind has made it where lots of kids are left behind… and with the Trump possibly closing the department of education it’s gonna get worse before it gets better.

What Lyss said, we have battled with IPS and for many years now as my son is in 5th grade and has always had an IEP for Achromatopsia. We (his father and I) are not together but have been great co-parents/friends the last couple of years thankfully and we got to the point where we absolutely hate the school and its administration. We think it has to do a lot with us being very outspoken people/parents and when something is happening that is affecting our children we make it known. It got as bad as my son wanting to commit suicide 2 years ago from horrible bullying and only until we got the school board involved along with the school police department did they even bother to give a crap and yet nothing ever happened to the other child and we were still never given the chance to speak to his parent/s or whoever. In my opinion IPS is going to get worse and we are now looking to move both our son and 3rd grade daughter out of IPS finally starting next school year.

Hey ladies any tips on home school I thought about it for part of next year my poor son loved school but learns nothing the teacher is great but even she thinks my son should not be getting home at 5 and arriving at 9 in the morning

Mine has been on an IEP since kindergarten due to dyslexia. I’ll be honest, in our experience, it’s all about the school and school district. He was k-1st in a very affluent school district that just pushed him thru the school system and stated that he was behind due to me not putting him in proper preschool (single mom and preschools in my area were not in my budget). We moved to a smaller and not as affluent county and suddenly he blossoms. He went from being pre-K reading in 2nd grade to 3rd grade level in 4th. I couldn’t sing the praises of his teachers and school admin enough. They have been huge advocates for him and getting him the help he deserves.

My son has ADHD and Autism and we also decided to pull him from public school and homeschool. Over all his "behaviors" that the school was constantly complaining about, I have not seen it, and he's doing great. He can do his therapy without having to worry about missing class. We have him work with tutors for reading and math bc he has always struggled with those subjects, but he is making progress when the school tried to make it sound like he was unteachable. Sometimes, the path less traveled is absolutely worth it.

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