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Originally Posted By Kris

I was a substitute teachers assistant in Special Education for 5 yrs. I worked for our County Office of Education. I have never heard of an IEP( Individual Education Plan) being the best way to get a decent education. This means your child is in Special Ed and these are the goals set up for the child to be met by the end of the year or sooner. If the child has not met the IEP goals by the end of the year, they are usually rolled over to be part of the next years IEP goals. Special Ed classes are usually smaller, but usually have more behavior problem children. They also usually have at least one teachers assistant. My husband and I are in foster parent classes and the first thing I am looking for is a child AT GRADE LEVEL so I can place them in private school. The private schools here have no special education and will not take children behind in academics. I asked you a subsidy question Graham, thanks for the response. I am going to try to get the same fostering amount after I adopt so I will be able to send the child to private school. I hope this is a valid reason to the social worker. We do own our home, but do not have much money. Thank you Graham.