College options for Smart children with Learning Disabilities
This is an important cause for me to champion. Education for children with Learning Disabilities and the sorry state of blissful ignorance in public school districts concerning learning Disabilities.
Last night we attended a special panel discussion at BBA. (Ben Bronz Academy).
Our evening reinforced my belief that BBA teachers are the best people in the world. BBA teachers are very, very smart, well educated, dedicated, understanding and positive.
The panelists are all parents of BBA alumni who are now attending college. Common themes that we heard are:
1. There are many colleges with support for students with LD but parents and students need to actively seek out the support office and ask for it.
2. Kids with LD typically prefer to live at home while going to college. The skills that students learn at BBA, such as doing homework everyday guide them towards successful study strategies at college and these students often feel uncomfortable trying to live a social college life with peers who don't have the same work ethic.
3. Kids with LD succeed at a variety of colleges, including Community Colleges, State Colleges and small private colleges. Selecting a college is a unique and personal experience for families with LD.
4. People from all walks of live have children with LD. Our panelists are Psychiatry professionals, stay at home moms and public school teachers.
5. It is hard to leave BBA when the time comes to move on. Parents vividly remember the fights, financial burden and heartache during the process to get into BBA. Many children go to private school after BBA to leverage the success achieved at BBA as parents cannot face the challenge of public schools again.
6. Education for a child with LD is expensive. Special classes, tutoring, lighter college course loads which interprets to longer years in college.
Did I mention that BBA teachers are the best people in the world? BBA teachers are very, very smart, well educated, dedicated, understanding and positive.
I commented to my wife afterwards how lucky we are to be living in America and be discussing the opportunity for a child with LD to attend college. Many children with LD around the world will never get the help they need or the chance to go to college.
My heartfelt message to you reading this blog. If your child is struggling with a learning disability and you are despairing over the constant roadblocks that your school district erects, then don't give up. Keep going. Find a child advocate or contact me. I will refer you to a great advocate in Connecticut. Your child needs you to keep going despite what "experts" in a public school district tell you to appease you.
LD will not go away. It will not "come right" as your school districts tell you while denying services to your child. You are not alone in this struggle. Help is available and your school district is mandated by Federal Law to provide an appropriate education for your child.
Last night we attended a special panel discussion at BBA. (Ben Bronz Academy).
Our evening reinforced my belief that BBA teachers are the best people in the world. BBA teachers are very, very smart, well educated, dedicated, understanding and positive.
The panelists are all parents of BBA alumni who are now attending college. Common themes that we heard are:
1. There are many colleges with support for students with LD but parents and students need to actively seek out the support office and ask for it.
2. Kids with LD typically prefer to live at home while going to college. The skills that students learn at BBA, such as doing homework everyday guide them towards successful study strategies at college and these students often feel uncomfortable trying to live a social college life with peers who don't have the same work ethic.
3. Kids with LD succeed at a variety of colleges, including Community Colleges, State Colleges and small private colleges. Selecting a college is a unique and personal experience for families with LD.
4. People from all walks of live have children with LD. Our panelists are Psychiatry professionals, stay at home moms and public school teachers.
5. It is hard to leave BBA when the time comes to move on. Parents vividly remember the fights, financial burden and heartache during the process to get into BBA. Many children go to private school after BBA to leverage the success achieved at BBA as parents cannot face the challenge of public schools again.
6. Education for a child with LD is expensive. Special classes, tutoring, lighter college course loads which interprets to longer years in college.
Did I mention that BBA teachers are the best people in the world? BBA teachers are very, very smart, well educated, dedicated, understanding and positive.
I commented to my wife afterwards how lucky we are to be living in America and be discussing the opportunity for a child with LD to attend college. Many children with LD around the world will never get the help they need or the chance to go to college.
My heartfelt message to you reading this blog. If your child is struggling with a learning disability and you are despairing over the constant roadblocks that your school district erects, then don't give up. Keep going. Find a child advocate or contact me. I will refer you to a great advocate in Connecticut. Your child needs you to keep going despite what "experts" in a public school district tell you to appease you.
LD will not go away. It will not "come right" as your school districts tell you while denying services to your child. You are not alone in this struggle. Help is available and your school district is mandated by Federal Law to provide an appropriate education for your child.
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