Ayesha Genova: yes, any person can attend normal classes, but the chiled able differently is admitted to special classes, for giving them equal plateform for competion and teacher can give special attention to child.
Damion Oleksa: Your child may not need to be in a special day class but most likely would qualify for special education services such as Occupational Therapy (OT), Physical Therapy, assistive technology, etc. Full Integration is the goal in many school districts and your child is entitled to be placed in the Least Restrictive Environment per federal law. That means she will need to be placed with her peers to the maximum extent possible (which could include an aide or outside resources to help maintain that placement.) She may also qualify under the Americans with Disabilities Act under a Section 504 Plan which will require the school to maintain services and equipment to accommodate her physical needs. Either way, your child will receive services! that she needs in order to be successful in school. I suggest you contact your 0-3 intervention program in your state. They work with children and families from ages birth to 3 years old, at age three they help transition you and your child to the school district's program. They are wonderful for support and the earlier your child receives intervention services such as OT and PT the better her chances are of not needing special education services as she grows older. These are free services mandated by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Ask your doctor or local school district for the Zero to Three intervention program point of contact. Each state handles the program differently, for instance in Michigan the local school districts provide the 0-3 services, whereas California early intervention programs are provided by an organization called Regional Centers. Federal law mandates that all states provide these services. Good Luck!...Show more
Soray! a Coodey: Wait to the babies are born and see what is what. It! may be better than it seems. Whether a child can go main stream with a physical disability depends on how severe, whether intelligence is normal and also how much early intervention takes place. The more early intervention, the better. There are all sorts of electronic learning assistance technologies available these days. Spina bifida does vary in severity. There is no way of telling the severity yet- not for sure.Your child will be your child regardless. I have taught special classes for 20 years and these classes can offer a caring, productive place to learn if necessary. Iy your little one needs a special placement eventually, then work with the departments involved to find a good place in the same school as the twin. All this needs to wait to later though. the most important gift you can give your twins right now is love....Show more
Fannie Collingwood: well yes because if he is in normal classes people might want to make fun of him or something but unlike in sp! ecial ed he could get the tools to do amazing things and you can get your kids to except him as a part of the family.
Connie Dickirson: Special Education includes physical/occupational therapy in additional to other therapy services. Were your child not classified as special ed, they would not be able to obtain these services during the school day. The school would not otherwise legally be able to provide services to physically help your child obtain an appropriate education. Therapy builds/stregthens muscle coordination, an activitiy which other teachers (including PE) cannot do even if somebody is struggling behind their peers in a class. At the very least, they would lack the training, and then there would be legal issues. The teacher would not be able to draw up an IEP to build your child's muscle coordination. The special education department are the people able to provide these services to eligible students on the school grounds itself. The child would only ! go to the department for the therapy services. They would go to the dep! artment because there could be special equipment used to deliver the PT/OT services which would otherwise not be available. Placement in special ed is never a question of whether you did 'anything wrong'.Always and only think of it as you're wanting your child to obtain appropriate educational services which helps them succeed in school---and life....Show more
Hyman Coren: The child will probably be considered special ed because, if the school does what it should, they will provide therapy for her. She may be taken out of the room for physical or occupational therapy just as a child might be for speech therapy, which by the way is also considered special education. As long as there is no cognitive delay, your child will be in the regular education classroom for all of her academics. Good Luck and remember that sometimes the doctors are wrong!...Show more
Gertrude Darke: I think that if the child has only lost the ability to walk it is no real problem to his o! r her education and the heart defect would probably require medication so their is probably nothing to worry about.
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