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It is so hard to figure out how to put together the academic side of the special needs IEP - maybe because there really isn't much support here. We have the program through ICAN and their suggestions, but we need to have academic plans too - even if the purpose of some of that is for the emotional need to be able to talk about their "school" with their peers. My biggest focus would be math and reading, of course, but anything else that he could be successful at and which would provide a benefit while also having him engaged while I work with some of my children would be nice. (He sometimes joins in with ours, and that is great, but sometimes mine just need my undivided attention and not the interruptions). I really am not sure what we're doing and I'm not even sure if we have the balance in our school right yet for any of the children - mine or my sis's. We lost our angel of a tutor and it is much harder without all her hands on introductions to things. Making it Meaningful seems even more critical with this child.
I don't want busy work - or dumbed down workbooks necessarily - but I do want something the child can sometimes do independently. I also need really good hands on ideas. Where do you guys go with older special needs with very low reading.
Janet
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I know I'm here really late, but do you still need help? I've been through one or two in my day (one lasting 6 hours - I could have flown to Hawaii in that time).
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I missed this, Janet, the first time around. How old is the child? Have you talked with him about what would be validating to him as far as peer conversation?
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The child is 14 and used to public school - often the problem is the trauma from the school. I am still open to suggestions and tweaking. We are surviving and ordered a few workbooks that I don't do everyday or anything - a math and history. He is a very visual learner and we really do not have specific hints as to what to do. He has very odd holes in learning but uses play on words and other advanced thinking skills but has still enjoyed books that my 5 year old likes (sometimes). He feels free to speak here which is a good thing and his friends are mostly my children. Sometimes though he tends to interrupt (like my 5 year old) so it is helpful to have something independent for when I really need one on one with one of mine.
This child is gradually learning that it is fine to make mistakes, I am only upset if no effort is made, etc. He has not been required to do a lot on his own in the past and does have some coordination/muscle weakness and a vision issue that means too much close work will shut his systems down so it cannot be too crowded on a page.
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We are using TRISMS this year for my special need 14 year old son. On their Yahoo group they actually offer lesson plan "tweaking" for special need kids. It is a curriculum that is working for us, as it is independent but I can tailor the work to his abilities. We had no problem including it in our IEP, and I have helped 2 friends with their IEP using this program.
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LeeAnn: Thanks, this looks interesting. Do you know what reading level is necessary for succesful independent use?
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It is not a terribly high reading level, maybe 5th grade or so? My 14 year old is not much past Little House on the Praire books, and does fine. The great thing about this program is that you are choosing the reference books that the students uses to research the topics from. So we can stick with DK and Usborne and he learns! The program includes many reading choices each unit, and it gives you the reading level and number of pages in each choice. Very helpful to me, I know I can discount all of the "adult" books at this point.
My 14 year old son didn't speak until he was 5, read until he was 8, and still struggles horridly with math. (Life of Fred has helped with math)
I hope you find what works for your child.
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I just came across this website in a special needs article. I have not read all of it but it may be of some help:
http://www.hishelpinschool.com/plans/writingiep.html
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Anne:
I put the site in favorites to peruse it more carefully when I have a bit more time. Thanks. At least now I'm not totally without a place to start!
I guess Trisms won't work for us as we need a reading level around 2nd grade, at the moment. We are working intensely to improve this and it would help if we could find good books that would interest him at the reading level or even interesting activity/workbooks that would just require a little reading.
Janet
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Janet,
Have you looked at any of the stuff from Educators Publishing Service? IIRC they have material for poor readers who are older.... Oops, not as much as I remember. Let's see..... How about these books?
http://www.highnoonbooks.com/inside-readers.tpl?cart=1208186 1667016015
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