View Single Post
Old 18th January 2024, 21:47     #44119
MadMax
Stuff
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by xor
Yeeep. Got word from some people we know who have a daughter that is beginning school and is quite neurodiverse. The family have govt funding to have a full time special needs teacher for the first two weeks of school. The family went to the school to discuss the matter and the school rejected the family stating that they have their own special needs program. i.e. take the kid out of the room and put her in a room with other kids who have similar issues and give them colouring in books to scribble on, while the school then submits their own request for funding from the govt and takes the cash with little/no support for the kid.
If they've been approved that funding then the child's needs will be absolutely serious. They should also have been assigned an advocate or they'll have the ability to do so. They need to have their advocate engage with the school.
__________________
My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

Last edited by MadMax : 18th January 2024 at 21:50.
  Reply With Quote