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In reply to the discussion: Special Education: An Overlooked Factor to the Newtown Tragedy [View all]Mass
(27,315 posts)55. Do we even know for a fact this kid was asperger?
I am so f*ng tired of people making their own conclusion. Yes, sped is not ideal, and I can concur with this parent's story, but please, stop making these connections. Newtown is not about YOU. It is about those kids who died stupidly.
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Washington used to be one of the highest-funded states for education. Now it's on a par with
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#1
Thanks, there it is right there, " what's available". We spend trillions on destructive wars,
Jefferson23
Dec 2012
#2
talk to the democrats in DC because part of it is their fault. but washington state has
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#3
And you're certain he was served well in his school? do tell..since you seem so sure of
Jefferson23
Dec 2012
#4
You're as informed about this story as AC 360....so save it for someone else. n/t
Jefferson23
Dec 2012
#6
Jr. High School can be a traumatic change from the security of one desk, one teacher, one room
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#12
the caps are for emphasis. the poster is riding his personal hobbyhorse. an article about problems
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#15
You do not know that. The school may have required that he be totally medicated to attend school.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#19
the school MAY HAVE required him to wear a clown suit and wave his dick to music, too. there's
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#20
No? Maybe in Kansas. And I've been out of the CA system for awhile, but if a child has been
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#44
Relax. It's not the schools prescribing. It's the referral and if the psych prescribes meds, yes,
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#48
Parents have the legal right to choose whether or not to medicate their children.
proud2BlibKansan
Dec 2012
#50
If the kids are not endangering the other kids, that's one situation. If they are, it's another.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#51
This is not the case in California. The home-schooled student/family is assigned a credentialed
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#42
Another red herring. If Adam Lanza had NO easy access to guns, NOBODY would have been killed
riderinthestorm
Dec 2012
#9
the article about special ed in seattle has nothing to do with this shooting. this is a stupid OP.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#16
My sister is a teacher in La. She tells me it's happening there. Must be happening everywhere.
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#14
The funding is terrible and the teachers are left to figure it out without proper support,
Jefferson23
Dec 2012
#29
Bobby Jindal is hte gov. in La. He diverted public school funds to private schools via vouchers.
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#32
the mom took the kid out of school during the 10th grade and homeschooled him thereafter.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#21
Actually, she also started him in college during what would probably have been his junior year.
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#27
Gee, I wonder if he got special ed services in college, because HE WASN'T IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#28
Deal with the facts. He was a very disturbed child from an early age, and in school for years.
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#38
he wasn't in public schools for at least five years before this shooting. but i'm sure he shot
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#49
Newtown is wealthy, actually. Much wealthier then the Connecticut town of Terryville where I live.
Jennicut
Dec 2012
#56
It is probably still skewed by neighborhoods like the one the Lanza's lived in.
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#58
the median income is over $100K. which means half make more. which is a wealthy community.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#61
How does a school psychologist treat a developmental/social mental issue? They can only refer.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#22
Not much can be done, other than medication, hope and somehow a home that can manage it.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#36
Not to mention getting the child to special ed in the first place. Swinging from the chandeliers?
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#43
His dx of asperger's has not been confirmed through a review of his records, as far as I know. Yet,
Jefferson23
Dec 2012
#59