Yesterday my husband and I had a meeting at the school to discuss our oldest child's problems with math. The main topic of the meeting was whether or not she would benefit from Special Education, limited to the area of Mathematics.
Special Ed is a lot different now from when I was in elementary school. I remember the Special Ed room. The "special" kids spent the entirety of their school days in that room, which was not much bigger than a large broom closet. This segregation added greatly to the social disadvantages of being in Special Ed. These days, or at least at the local elementary school, the children work with the Special Ed teacher only on trouble subjects and only during the scheduled time of day for the entire class. They then rejoin the class for the rest of day.
We decided that our daughter would benefit from such services. The Special Ed teacher seems to really be on top of things and we are hopeful that she'll have success in helping her. She has a good strategy -- group setting with some guaranteed one on one time, working at the child's pace.
We're also considering a summer school math program, so the kiddo can keep up her current skills.
Let's hope that Special Education no longer carries the stigma it used to.
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