MB went to Riverton School for Sam's PET yesterday. Sam's been home with me since September 13th, when he and I were informed that, unlike any day prior, he could not be accompanied by a parent to his classroom, and he can't be accompanied by a parent in his classroom while he receives ABA. After far too many letters and calls and conferences, the basic requirements for Sam's 1st grade can be met, at least on paper -- except one --he can not be accompanied by a parent to his classroom, and he can't be accompanied by a parent in his classroom while he transitions from ABA-at-home to ABA-at-Riverton.
It is a step forward from no programs documentation, no discreet trial data and no documentation of how many hours of the day are spent on ABA , but it is still "free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. ... " in theory, not in practice.
The Terrorists who hide behind, or who are whipped by, and co-opted into, the phoney cult of pseudo-accountability -- Bush's No Child Let Blossom contribution to public eduction -- those are our Terrorists. Jim Roux bounced Sam on his knee and he and the men who killed him and themselves and about 3,000 others three years ago are memories, good ones and bad ones, but they are just memories. Our problems with our Terrorists are every day.
What Terrorists touch your daily lives? Are they the Bad Booger Men of Bush's Testosterone Revenge? Or are they smaller, closer to home, not quite so hyped, and vastly more harmful? The unpayable bills, the stack of helpless help wanteds, the ... I've been talking to too many Maine voters doing doors the past month.
Is it the economy or am I stupid?
Posted by EBW at October 26, 2004 11:15 AM | TrackBackThe unstated premise that some general rule is more important than a specific child makes me want to punch a wall.
Posted by: dwight at October 26, 2004 02:37 PM