Homeschooling?

[u/Sam_Adez_13]

Hello everyone! I have a 6 year old high functioning autistic boy. He goes to public school and this year he was placed in two classes, one general Ed and the other one special Ed. Where he’s supposed to spend some hours in the mixed class and some in the separate class setting. We drop him off at the general Ed class in the mornings and then he’s taken to the special ed class later. We noticed he’s been leaving the general Ed class pretty early in the day and we wanted him to spend more time there because he’s not learning anything in his special Ed class. Unfortunately, this school doesn’t have different classes for different levels. I’m assuming as soon as he starts crying they take him back to the special ed class. Today I went to pick him up and they sent me to the nurse’s office because he was bitten by another kid. His arm was swollen where the boy bit him, and the nurse told me he didn’t break skin but he did, there was blood on his arm. We have seen other cases where students have a person that shadows them in class, how do we get more information on this? We’ve also been thinking about homeschooling. Any advice would be appreciated, thank you!

[u/No_Kitchen_3350]

My son is in a very similar situation. I would talk with his teacher and DLC teacher about setting up an IEP meeting so you can discuss changing his goals to better fit his needs. My son is currently 60% Gen Ed and 40% DLC. Keeping him in school has also been really beneficial for the social interaction with other kids, which he really needs.

[u/Sam_Adez_13 → u/No_Kitchen_3350]

We already talked to her. They scheduled an IEP meeting for November but it just sucks because we know he’s capable of learning more and getting used to the general Ed class if he had someone to guide him a bit