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Success stories of kids from special schools

My son vallabh

Hello everyone,

When we decided to move my son from a mainstream to special( from Sep 2016- year 2) as he was really struggling to cope I wasnt sure if I was making a right decision  .

However, having read discussions in this thread I was contended for making a right decision. Though my son has been diagnoised as ASD, I think he is high functioning as he is academically bright, verbal but struggles with social interaction skills, anxiety issues in a crowd.

Our worry now is, Special school might teach him social skills but will his academics be neglected or will they take a back seat?  

Can please anyone share their / their children/ anyone they know  success stories (however small it might be) who have managed to get qualifications (GCSE's/ vocational/ any other ..) have a job and leading an independent life after educating from special. 

Any help or comments would be highly appreciated.

Cheers

C.

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  • Hello there, this is a really difficult one and I feel for you as it is a hard decision to make. 

    My son at Y4 was doing very well academically although a little bit behind other children. Now aged 13 he is very behind and it became clear he needed a special school. He is now in a school for children with speech, language and communication issues. I can only go from September but my experience so far has been good. The school offers GCSEs and it is currently thought my son will take Maths and English plus any others which he shows aptitude for. 

    I think  it also depends upon the development of the child a lot. 

    I guess my opinion is that special schools work at the pace of the child and their targets are realistic. So my son no longer gets "achieve Level 6 in Maths" as a target because that wasn't achievable in mainstream. What he gets is "James will ask for he,p if he does not understand a task" which takes account of his receptive language issues.

    It is hard though. I definitely understand why there is a push for mainstream (being the best prep for mainstream society) however not all children will cope or function in that setting and when that is the case they don't achieve academically in any case.

    Sorry...very wordy reply and I am sure more knowledgable folk will post too.

    FWIW, a friend's son who attended a special school is now doing a degree. He is 30 and could not have started it at 18 but at 30 he is ready for the challenge.

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  • Hello there, this is a really difficult one and I feel for you as it is a hard decision to make. 

    My son at Y4 was doing very well academically although a little bit behind other children. Now aged 13 he is very behind and it became clear he needed a special school. He is now in a school for children with speech, language and communication issues. I can only go from September but my experience so far has been good. The school offers GCSEs and it is currently thought my son will take Maths and English plus any others which he shows aptitude for. 

    I think  it also depends upon the development of the child a lot. 

    I guess my opinion is that special schools work at the pace of the child and their targets are realistic. So my son no longer gets "achieve Level 6 in Maths" as a target because that wasn't achievable in mainstream. What he gets is "James will ask for he,p if he does not understand a task" which takes account of his receptive language issues.

    It is hard though. I definitely understand why there is a push for mainstream (being the best prep for mainstream society) however not all children will cope or function in that setting and when that is the case they don't achieve academically in any case.

    Sorry...very wordy reply and I am sure more knowledgable folk will post too.

    FWIW, a friend's son who attended a special school is now doing a degree. He is 30 and could not have started it at 18 but at 30 he is ready for the challenge.

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