Hi Joanne,
My son is now 14yrs and we live in Scotland so the Ed law is a bit
different I think. Connor has always been in mainstream school with
an IEP.I do remember the fight I had on my hands to get what I wanted
for him. It would be good if you could have someone to advocate for
your son. Here we have Advocate centres which are run by volunteers
who have the knowledge of the childs rights to education, do they
have such centres where you live? You need to be strong and fight for
your son as our children are very mis-understood and they only have
us as parents to make things ok for them. Good Luck and I am here if
you need to talk.
Lynda mum to Lee and Connor


--- In noonan_support@yahoogroups.com, "joannelovestim"
<joannelovestim@...> wrote:
>
> I have a 10 year old son who is going into the fifth grade next
year,
> and I am really scared because he is at a first grade level, and
when I
> went to his IEP today I asked that he be held back but they said
that
> they don't do that with these particular kids that have a slight
> handicap, so I guess what I need to know is there anyone else out
there
> that is going through the same thing. I really need some advice so
> that I can kinda be in a comfort zone for me and him. He will be
in a
> classroom with grades 5 through 8 which scares me more because my
son
> is really small and petite and moving into the middle school there
will
> be more kids that will pick on him.
>
> any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks Joanne
>