So, September next year Z is due to start his formal education as a Junior Infant. Ni macam ala2 pre-school kat Msia la kot. Tapi kat sini formal preschool masih dekat nursery/montessori @ age of 3 or 4 (depending on their DOB). Junior / Senior Infant plak kat sekolah rendah from age 4/5 for 2 years. Pastu baru masuk derjah satu.
for the last 2-3 weeks nih, fikiran mama sedikit kusut bila teringatkan bab sekolah Z ni.. The question is, will he go to normal school (kita panggil mainstream), or will he go to Special School.
Sejak dari Z baby, mama selalu berperasaan bahawa mainstream school is the best. Z will learn and mix around with typical kids which hopefully will motivate him to go further and also socialising well. Selalunya special kids yang pergi ke mainstream school akan dapat SNA (Special Needs Assistance) macam yang Z dapat sekarang la i.e. cikgu Yvonne. Then diorang juga akan dapat Resource Hours - ni mama tak berapa faham sangat apa, yang mama tahu, diorang akan dapat time off untuk physio or speech therapy, then diorang jugak akan dapat certain hour where they can spend one-to-one dengan cikgu on their problematic subject. For the rest of the time, diorang akan belajar sama dengan budak2 lain. Boleh refer kepada citer GLEE where there's one actress with DS on it. So that's basically how a special kids in a mainstream school.
2-3 minggu lepas, Mairead (Home Teacher) suruh mama pikir and decide where to send Z too, because we should start looking for school now. Mama bagitau la mama punya preference. Dia cakap, memang la kalau mengikut pembacaan, mainstream is a better option, but at the same time dia suruh mama fikirkan masak2 based on Z's best interest. Dia cakap ok jer Z nak pergi mainstream tu, tapi when it comes to SNA and Resource Hour, its not something that you definitely will get in this glooming economic condition in Ireland. Plus she said Special School is not all bad. Dia kata the best special school in ireland is the St Michael House Special school HQ in Ballymun, then another one in Raheny (SMH punya jugak). Most Special School kat sini memang pakai mainstream syllibus pun. Pastu all teachers have experience in special needs plus kat kelas pun memang ada teacher's aide. and for severe case, memang akan tetap di allocate SNA. Sekolah memang ada siap clinic, PT, SLT, OT lengkap. Dia cakap ramai parents yang want to TRY their child in mainstream school, but at the end have to send them to Special School jugak when thing dont go accordingly.
Actually that was my original plan. Nak hantar Z pegi sekolah biasa, then bila dah besar sikit, baru hantar special school. Mama paling risaukan BULLY. yes, that's my main concern actually. Umo 8 tahun kebawah tu InsyaAllah takde lagi kot kes2 buli nih..
Setelah difikir2, now mama rasa macam nak hantar Z ke special school pulak. Most primary school adalah Roman Catholic School (90%). Ada a few jer yang multidenomination. Semua kawan2 melayu mama memang hantar ke Roman school tu la. They only teach religion during subject religion je, and its not mandatory, so kita boleh choose other subject. Tapi diorang mengamalkan ajaran Catholic la.. macam nyanyian, baca doa makan semua tu, sekolah pun selalunya dalam kawasan gereja. Kawan2 mama dah bagitau anak diorang supaya diam jer time nyanyi or baca doa tu. Senang kot nak bagitau bebudak typical 5 tahun, tapi nak bagitau kat Z camno? Nak suruh Z angkat tangan baca doa pun tak lepas lagi.. huhuhu.. (Z boleh angkat tangan baca doa masa umo 1-2 tahun, then puff* they gone now re: autism)
Another thing that bother me is the SNA and resource hour. Based on discussion in DS Ireland forum, memang you have to fight for it. Kalau dapat pun maybe half SNA and 2 hours RH perweek. Ni pun siap kena naik turun pejabat menteri punya kes nih. Kita ni dah la pendatang asing, rasanya tipis sikit la kot nak dapat keutamaan tu.. Once you have been to National School, you are not under St Michael's anymore. Stakat pegi appointment doctor and theraphy tu jer la. But they are not looking after other area, kena deal sendiri with HSE. Macam sekarang Mairead, Yvonne semua under SMH. We have fond a good relationship with them and I dont think we could survive without them.
Pastu kalau masuk Special School, I think Z and me could meet more real friends since we share so much in common. Kawan2 forum mama cakap, selalunya special kids in mainstream dont have that much friends. kalau ada pun among special students jer. tu pun tak ramai, selalu satu kelas tu 1-2 org jer special students sebab each school ada limit how many special students they can have. Masa kelas bawah2 tu, memang ler bebudak tak kisah, kawan tanpa mengenal darjat. But once they understand the differences, susah sikit la kot.. Budak2.. But if Z goes to Special School, everybody is the same. Tak ramai pun satu kelas dalm 10-15 orang jer Mairead cakap. All parents get involved a lot too.. so bukan saje kawan Z, mama pun dapat kawan jugak..
Lagipun Z sangat pasif. He hates loud noise, he hates children running around (ok, we should expect special kids with ADHD in Special School anyway) I think he could benefit more in Special School because of that.
Lepastu sekolah pulak. Kalau pegi mainstream, mama nak hantar Z ke sekolah Caroline. Kita pindah duduk sekampung dengan anti meri n rini. Tapi mama tatau macam mana persediaan sekolah tu terhadap special needs. I am sure they must have some special kids there, cuma adakah diorang ada all the facility. Kalau pegi sekolah khas ni, memang sah2 ler semua facility di cipta khas for special kids. Sekolah dekat Raheny tu siap ada heated swimming pool lagi. Ballymun x de. And then we talking about area we going to live. Sword tu ok sebab dekat rumah kawan2 rapat mama. Apa2 pun senang. Area pun dah familiar. But according to anti Meri, even Caroline yang mix mat saleh tu pun selalu kena ejek oleh budak2 kat taman sebab muka sedikit asian. Bayangkan Z yang memang pure Malay pastu special plak. Sigh.. Area Ballymun tu macam safe sikit, its a 'mature' area. Rumah mahal2 la tapinya.. Area Raheny tu mama mmg tak tau langsung. Tau ler kat mana, cuma tak pernah pegi area situ.
Tapi itu la.. deep down, I am still hoping somehow Z will be in mainstream school. Mama rasa kalau mama hantar Z ke Special School tu macam mama dah give up jer. Rasa bersalah because ideally he should get better opportunity in Mainstream. But then... I have to be realistic too..
ntah la.. tunggu la 4-5 bulan lagi mama betul2 buat research pasal nih..
for the last 2-3 weeks nih, fikiran mama sedikit kusut bila teringatkan bab sekolah Z ni.. The question is, will he go to normal school (kita panggil mainstream), or will he go to Special School.
Sejak dari Z baby, mama selalu berperasaan bahawa mainstream school is the best. Z will learn and mix around with typical kids which hopefully will motivate him to go further and also socialising well. Selalunya special kids yang pergi ke mainstream school akan dapat SNA (Special Needs Assistance) macam yang Z dapat sekarang la i.e. cikgu Yvonne. Then diorang juga akan dapat Resource Hours - ni mama tak berapa faham sangat apa, yang mama tahu, diorang akan dapat time off untuk physio or speech therapy, then diorang jugak akan dapat certain hour where they can spend one-to-one dengan cikgu on their problematic subject. For the rest of the time, diorang akan belajar sama dengan budak2 lain. Boleh refer kepada citer GLEE where there's one actress with DS on it. So that's basically how a special kids in a mainstream school.
2-3 minggu lepas, Mairead (Home Teacher) suruh mama pikir and decide where to send Z too, because we should start looking for school now. Mama bagitau la mama punya preference. Dia cakap, memang la kalau mengikut pembacaan, mainstream is a better option, but at the same time dia suruh mama fikirkan masak2 based on Z's best interest. Dia cakap ok jer Z nak pergi mainstream tu, tapi when it comes to SNA and Resource Hour, its not something that you definitely will get in this glooming economic condition in Ireland. Plus she said Special School is not all bad. Dia kata the best special school in ireland is the St Michael House Special school HQ in Ballymun, then another one in Raheny (SMH punya jugak). Most Special School kat sini memang pakai mainstream syllibus pun. Pastu all teachers have experience in special needs plus kat kelas pun memang ada teacher's aide. and for severe case, memang akan tetap di allocate SNA. Sekolah memang ada siap clinic, PT, SLT, OT lengkap. Dia cakap ramai parents yang want to TRY their child in mainstream school, but at the end have to send them to Special School jugak when thing dont go accordingly.
Actually that was my original plan. Nak hantar Z pegi sekolah biasa, then bila dah besar sikit, baru hantar special school. Mama paling risaukan BULLY. yes, that's my main concern actually. Umo 8 tahun kebawah tu InsyaAllah takde lagi kot kes2 buli nih..
Setelah difikir2, now mama rasa macam nak hantar Z ke special school pulak. Most primary school adalah Roman Catholic School (90%). Ada a few jer yang multidenomination. Semua kawan2 melayu mama memang hantar ke Roman school tu la. They only teach religion during subject religion je, and its not mandatory, so kita boleh choose other subject. Tapi diorang mengamalkan ajaran Catholic la.. macam nyanyian, baca doa makan semua tu, sekolah pun selalunya dalam kawasan gereja. Kawan2 mama dah bagitau anak diorang supaya diam jer time nyanyi or baca doa tu. Senang kot nak bagitau bebudak typical 5 tahun, tapi nak bagitau kat Z camno? Nak suruh Z angkat tangan baca doa pun tak lepas lagi.. huhuhu.. (Z boleh angkat tangan baca doa masa umo 1-2 tahun, then puff* they gone now re: autism)
Another thing that bother me is the SNA and resource hour. Based on discussion in DS Ireland forum, memang you have to fight for it. Kalau dapat pun maybe half SNA and 2 hours RH perweek. Ni pun siap kena naik turun pejabat menteri punya kes nih. Kita ni dah la pendatang asing, rasanya tipis sikit la kot nak dapat keutamaan tu.. Once you have been to National School, you are not under St Michael's anymore. Stakat pegi appointment doctor and theraphy tu jer la. But they are not looking after other area, kena deal sendiri with HSE. Macam sekarang Mairead, Yvonne semua under SMH. We have fond a good relationship with them and I dont think we could survive without them.
Pastu kalau masuk Special School, I think Z and me could meet more real friends since we share so much in common. Kawan2 forum mama cakap, selalunya special kids in mainstream dont have that much friends. kalau ada pun among special students jer. tu pun tak ramai, selalu satu kelas tu 1-2 org jer special students sebab each school ada limit how many special students they can have. Masa kelas bawah2 tu, memang ler bebudak tak kisah, kawan tanpa mengenal darjat. But once they understand the differences, susah sikit la kot.. Budak2.. But if Z goes to Special School, everybody is the same. Tak ramai pun satu kelas dalm 10-15 orang jer Mairead cakap. All parents get involved a lot too.. so bukan saje kawan Z, mama pun dapat kawan jugak..
Lagipun Z sangat pasif. He hates loud noise, he hates children running around (ok, we should expect special kids with ADHD in Special School anyway) I think he could benefit more in Special School because of that.
Lepastu sekolah pulak. Kalau pegi mainstream, mama nak hantar Z ke sekolah Caroline. Kita pindah duduk sekampung dengan anti meri n rini. Tapi mama tatau macam mana persediaan sekolah tu terhadap special needs. I am sure they must have some special kids there, cuma adakah diorang ada all the facility. Kalau pegi sekolah khas ni, memang sah2 ler semua facility di cipta khas for special kids. Sekolah dekat Raheny tu siap ada heated swimming pool lagi. Ballymun x de. And then we talking about area we going to live. Sword tu ok sebab dekat rumah kawan2 rapat mama. Apa2 pun senang. Area pun dah familiar. But according to anti Meri, even Caroline yang mix mat saleh tu pun selalu kena ejek oleh budak2 kat taman sebab muka sedikit asian. Bayangkan Z yang memang pure Malay pastu special plak. Sigh.. Area Ballymun tu macam safe sikit, its a 'mature' area. Rumah mahal2 la tapinya.. Area Raheny tu mama mmg tak tau langsung. Tau ler kat mana, cuma tak pernah pegi area situ.
Tapi itu la.. deep down, I am still hoping somehow Z will be in mainstream school. Mama rasa kalau mama hantar Z ke Special School tu macam mama dah give up jer. Rasa bersalah because ideally he should get better opportunity in Mainstream. But then... I have to be realistic too..
ntah la.. tunggu la 4-5 bulan lagi mama betul2 buat research pasal nih..
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