Special Ed

How are you defining special ed?

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Originally posted by TRhit:
How are you defining special ed?

I don't know a thing about special ed. I'll have to ask my son. He knows the kid. Or the person I was talking with, at the next baseball game.

Thanx

Here's how my son explained special ed at his school. Instead of choosing extra electives they take Bridges to Math and Bridges to Language Arts. These "bridges" courses are one on one support/tutoring courses with teachers to help them in their regular math and leanguage arts courses.

Given this I can see how someone (who spent years as a high school football coach helping kids get to college football) would think a kid at this level would struggle at some of the high end academic, big time programs that have inquired. But since I don't knowing anything about this corner of the world I asked the original question.

His HS has to be sure the "bridge courses" have been approved by the NCAA.
Many schools have help for LD students, one on one tutoring, note taking, extra time for papers and testing etc.

My son get all the assistance he needed in college and he was mildly learning disabled kid

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Originally posted by njbb:
His HS has to be sure the "bridge courses" have been approved by the NCAA.
Many schools have help for LD students, one on one tutoring, note taking, extra time for papers and testing etc.

Our high school sends a lot of kids to college sports. There are two counselors whose specialty is student-athletes. They know their stuff. Would schools like Vanderbilt and Stanford accomodate this kind of athlete? They've inquired about the kid.

First of all there is a difference between special education classes and 504 programs for students with learning disabilities. All students are protected by a federal law to make sure that they get the education they need in high school.

My younger son has a learning disability and has qualified for 504 accomadations since third grade. He is doing very well and has all A's and B's throughout his schooling. He has even challenged himself with two AP classes and several honors classes.

As he is a junior, we are now looking at colleges and what schools offer for the learning disabled. For example, they can offer extra time for tests - but they do not have to alter the information on the tests or make the test easier for the student. The student has to take it upon himself to ask for the accomadations. Each school handles the learning disabled school differently

Even many of the highly academic schools will offer these students different options - a special tutoring center, peer tutoring groups, etc.

Finding the right school which offer the right mix of athletics and academic accomadations, must be a high priority of the parents of the student you are talking about. Just be careful how you word what you say - you may offend these parents.

We all want to find the right academic environment for our sons and daughters to excel - just like the right baseball fit.

Nobody calls it "special ed" anymore.

Colleges are required by law to offer services to specially abled students. Of course, some do it better than others. It would be the rare college team in any sport that does not have some student who is receiving these services, which can include extra test time, special testing conditions, a notetaker, counseling, etc. On the college website there are links to follow to find the list of services available. I am proud we live in a society that offers such services.

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It would be the rare college team in any sport that does not have some student who is receiving these services

What about schools like Stanford, Vanderbilt and the Ivies? Another issue would be even with help can the kid keep up with the academics rigors of a top academic university.

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Colleges are required by law to offer services to specially abled students. Of course, some do it better than others. It would be the rare college team in any sport that does not have some student who is receiving these services, which can include extra test time, special testing conditions, a notetaker, counseling, etc. On the college website there are links to follow to find the list of services available. I am proud we live in a society that offers such services.
 

Brod answers your question well - check these schools websites - I just looked at Vanderbilt - they have services available.

Again, we all want our child to succeed and want to put them in the right academic environment and to find the right fit. Not all of our students are cut out for the Ivies...