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Archive for September, 2009

DET Funding and your responsibilities (Winning the War!)

This blog has been prompted by one of my readers who made the following comments on another blog I had written. Patricia writes (and I have edited this slightly to reduce space), My twins Julian and Joanne are in year 2 attending a public school. Rodney do you have any information on how the DET funding Support is utilized by a school? I keep getting told that its at the discretion of the school how to use it. I just happen to know (by accident) recently that Julian has approval for 28 hrs 50 mins of DET Funding Support. Hence I was surprised the school could not provide an aid for Julian to be able to attend the cross country carnival which he was very enthusiastic to attend and was instead told by the teacher to remain at school. Hi Patricia, Thank you for your questions.

You raised two important points:

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Independence vs. Cost of Mobility

The transition from primary to high school is a big step. Now throw into the mix new friends, new location, new demands on homework, a new teenager as well as a disability, and you have a child under considerable pressure.

Just like primary school, Daniel has had a teacher’s aide with him in order to push him around in the wheelchair, scribe for him during lessons, assist him with practical tests, etc. There was, however, one thing that we did not count on – his desire to be independent.

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