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Special Needs Education

Amanda - posted on 02/18/2011 ( 2 moms have responded )

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Hi my name is Amanda, I have a 14 year old LD girl. She is in public school in Rockingham County North Carolina. We have had problems with teachers in the past, and have also had some very good ones. She is currently in the 9th grade self contained and has a wonderful teacher. Unfortunately that teacher is not happy at the school and has told them that she will not come back next year. I cannot tell you all how many times this has happened in the last 10 years. I am pretty much at the end of my rope. I have tried to find a private school for these needs and cannot find on that does not cost more than my older daughters college tuition. It is also 45 minutes away from my town and I have to work, so getting her there is a problem. I have tried to network with home school Moms to maybe find an avenue there, no luck. Does anyone have any suggestions? Do you know someone in my area?

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Tessy - posted on 02/23/2011

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hello my name is tessy im 43 years old single mom of 2 girls age 9 and 7. my 9 year old has learning disability and we had some issues at school with some of the teachers that dont care about kids with learning problems i had this teacher said that kids have this problmes just make difficult to normal kids to learn she did not like my daughter but thank god this year she got a good teacher. yes is very difficult here where we live in private schools dont have special ed for kids so i really dont have a choice and home schooling is not an option i really dont have the time and it wont work for my kids they love to go to school and play with friends been in some way independent from mom. now my suggestion is maybe u can try next year for u daughter to see what teacher is for the best of u daughter. well i wish u good luck. hope we talk again

Louise - posted on 02/19/2011

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Your best bet is to ring the local council and ask them for assistance in finding a suitable place for your daughter. In England it is the councils problem to find suitable education for every child whether that means them paying for private tuition because they have failed to find a place, or whether that means paying for a taxi to take that child to school because there is not a suitable place near to the childs home. This would be my first call followed by a call to the local mp to ask for help. Also try ringing your citizens advice centre who will be able to guide you. Good luck!

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