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We are wanting to move north and would love to move to some place in New England. We have two children ages 9 and 6 that we want to raise in a quieter and safer place (we currently live outside of Washington DC). Anyway, our challenge is finding good educational services for our 6 y.o. son who is autistic. Would love to hear from anyone (parents, teachers, etc) who could give us some info on how New Hampshire rates with Special Education. Also, would love suggestions on which towns/cities to maybe focus on.
Thanks in advance for any input you have. It will be greatly appreciated.
Our son isn't autistic, but did have a number of issues that required special education services.
If you are savvy in working with the SpEd team to develop a good IEP and really stay on top of things to make sure your son is receiving services as specified and making progress each year, I'm sure you'll be fine.
We hired an advocate to work for us and we even had need of an out of district placement for our son for one year to meet his needs.
I think most districts try to meet the needs of the students, it just requires a lot of work on the part of the parents to be up on services needed and pushing to make sure you get them for your child. They are not required by law to provide the "best", only "appropriate" and that definition will vary by teacher, school, etc.
Make sure you have good benchmarks spelled out and when they will be reached, etc. in your IEP. Don't allow vague wording and subjectively measured goals. Be specific and require objective measures of each goal, benchmark, etc.
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