DD1 is at the nursery attached to a PMLD/SLD school. And the intake is tending more and more towards the severe end of the spectrum. We don't have kids with very severe behavioural issues, but we do take the other kids that most special schools can't cope with - very severe disability and serious medical problems.
Does anyone have similar experience? And if so, how did birthday parties pan out? I have a dim hope that the other kids in her class might like to come to DD1's birthday party. But then again, they might not cope. And what if we can't cope with them? How do we ask? How do we find out what their difficulties are? (obviously school won't tell, and all the kids get bussed in so you never meet the other parents, so this will be a long-distance negotiation with complete strangers.) And will it set a precedent that all the other parents will hate me for, because now every family will have to host the party equivalent of the Special Olympics every year?
But on the other hand, is every birthday going to be just DD1 sitting at home with the rest of the family?
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Birthday parties ... probably not the usual question.
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r3dh3d · 31/10/2007 16:21
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