Depending on the severity of their SB complications, most daycares/preschools
should take your child. I know that I always went to regular
daycares/preschools, and I am now 38.5 years old and this was before there was
any educational laws that required there not to be any discrimination of
special needs children.   I'm not sure about after school care, as I attended
the same daycares after school hours as I did in summers/on breaks, etc.  
Regarding the restroom issues, keep in mind I do not have a cathing situation, I
have an ostomy which is a very old procedure from the 70's, and I also was at
that time abulatory on crutches, but when I first started attending public
schools in the 4th grade, my teacher paired up a couple of different students
with me to walk with me to the restroom, help me with my lunch tray, etc.  
She then left it up to me to decide which pals I preferred working with the
best, got along best with, etc.   And actually by the time I reached middle
school, I had mostly two assistants, one girl pal that would take me into the
restrooms, and one young man that was in my home room class starting in 7th
grade on up to the 11th grade and he did all my other stuff for me, assist me
with my locker, lunch tray, etc.  Ironically, he and I were born on the same
day and we became like brother and sister all thru our school years.   You
will need to write out the details of what your child needs in their IEP once
they start school, but beyond that, I think you, the teachers, and most
importantly, your child should work together to give your child the best
educational experience possible.  Let your child dictate as much as possible
after all, they are the ones whose body it is and who has to ask for assistance
for 8 hours a day.   

Shelly 


 


-----Original Message-----
From: Stormie Willingham <counselorwillingham@...>
To: sbaofnc@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 27 May 2007 8:21 am
Subject: [SBAofNC] Re:4 yr. old with SB!






Those are some excellent questions that I to would like to find some answers
for. My son is almost 2 however I would like to know what my options are. I will
graduate nursing school next fall and would like to work. I have three other
children and living on my husbands income alone makes for an extremly tight
budget. I don't know if there are any programs that are set up like preschool
for special needs children.

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