public vs private schools- for special needs children....

I vote public. I turned out ok hehe. Great article.

Love Kelly

Hey cazza great article!!!!!! You are so right, the trick is finding the right school for your child. Gracie attends a public school. It's  a great one that has what they call the special eduction unit. The kids that attend the unit also have lessons with the other kids which I think is fantastic. I attended a private school which had one the best set up's for special needs kids that I have ever seen. The best part was it didn't cost the earth to send your kids there (of course that was back then). Again, great article

fi xoxo

P.S You read right, I went to a private school and guess what???? I'm no tramp georgie and neither were my friends. Think you'll find that both private and public schools have what you labelled as "tramps". I know my private school did and then so did the public schools that my other friends went to.

my personel opinion of private schools is that it turn little girls into big this is certintly the case with the girls i've met who went to private schools. why pay that much money fot this . public is the way to go

georgie

My Alex is autistic and we have had nothing but 110% help and support with his school, we even have 6 other Autistic kids and 2 special needs teachers. its awesome.

i personally dont like private school's as my hubby is from a private school both primary and high and to be honest a year 5 can read and write better.

my twins went to a public school ,, they had needs and i had to spend thousands of $$ to get it all on the paper for them to get help ,, they still didnt do a thing even know i was told it was a great schoool.. its a good school if you child isnt a slow learner od had ocd etc,,, the teachers and their skills make the school , sadly enough they didnt do anything for me .. my boys go to a highschool thats catholic funny enough i never mentioned any of their learning problems to the school ,, but they picked up on a few things themselfs and have help classes for them ,,,they have done soo much for them ,, funny isnt it ,, its not really the schools its whos in them teaching our children and the ones that really care

 Great advice Cazza

Lachi goes to a public school, and they are the fantastic at what they do. They have a Special Needs Classroom situated in the school grounds, where the kids can get extra learning/help and also spend lunchtime there as well if they like.

This week, being Lachlan's birthday, they even made him a birthday cake to take to his class and share with his friends.

 It's teachers and school's like this, that make them just that extra bit special I think.

 Shelley

Great article Cazza, nice to see them compared this way. I personally have been to both private Catholic school & public school & couldn't really tell you the difference apart from the religion side of it. Actually, the girls at the private catholic schools were a lot nastier than the ones at public school too! lol! My boys will be attending our tiny local public school just down the road as any other schools are at least 45km away. The school is fantastic & we go to playgroup there twice a week now. When they are ready to go to high school I will be driving them 20km to the bus so they can go to a small country school too, I will not send them to the school in the nearest town (45km) even though it is only 2km to the bus as I see the kids wandering around the streets everytime I go to town & I don't want that for my boys! I understand that it is how you raise your children at home, but their schooling certainly has a big effect on how they grow up!

Teshia xxoo

HI WELL

I JUST WENT TO AN OPEN DAY AT BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FOR NEXT YEAR AND BOTH SCHOOLS HAVE THE SAME CARICCULUM(HOPE THATS HOW YA SPELL IT)THE DIFFERENCE IS RELIGION AND MONEY PUBLIC $70/YEAR PRIVATE $1000/TERM AND WE HAVE 4 TERMS

STUPID AS I SAID IF THEY HAVE THE SAME CARICCULUM

I WENT TO A CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND I THINK MUM AND DAD WAISTED THERE MONEY  ALL MY FRIENDS THAT WERE IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION WERE NICER THAN MY FRIENDS AT THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL THIS S$%^T ABOUT BETTER MANNERS I DONT THINK SO

SOMEONE SAID THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WELL THAT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT FERREL STUDENTS WELL GUESS WHAT ALL SCHOOLS HAVE THEM AND AS FAR AS TEACHERES THEY ARE ALL THE SAME CATHOLIC TEACHERS HAVE AN EXTRA 6-12MTHS EXTRA OF COLLEGE AND THATS THE RELIGION SIDE

ANYWAY EVERYONE CAN DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES BUT PLEASE JUST CHECK THE CARRICULUMS THEY ARE ALL THE SAME

MWAH

People forget that Catholic schools are neither private nor public.  At public schools yes they do have a far better special education unit than most other schools.  I have only seen one Private school with its own Special Education Unit, and the parents have to pay for the use of it by not only paying the school fees, but also paying for the one on one care needed for their child.

I am a believer in Private Schools, i went to Catholic Private Schools all my life and my cousins went to Public Schools and i remember there was quite a difference.. especially in teaching of  Manners, and how to Behave, i think that is almost just as important. Maybe times have changed since then, my girls are still very little, but i will have to start looking at schools soon for Jasmine. Good Article,  there are so many different opinions on this topic and they are all good to hear.. Thanks for your thoughts. x

great advice cazza.............when my two attended their first school, i send them to a private school......i split with my ex and couldn't afford the fees, so had to change them to a public school......my daughter came home one day saying how hard this new school was......when i asked her why, she said.....in the old school mum they used to teach us nothing but religion, in this new school we have to do a lot of hard work......may be i just send them to the wrong private school but it goes to show that not all private schools teach a better education.....i am not saying religion is wrong but at school they should be taught the things they need to learn and not to much of one thing.......my daughter and son had to struggle hard to catch up in the work they had missed.....after all this i was very happy that i had change schools, it was for the best......thanks for sharing this information.....regards Sandra xxx