{"id":630,"date":"2018-11-16T15:02:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T15:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/story\/emmas-story\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T12:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T16:06:21","slug":"emmas-story","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/fr\/story\/emmas-story\/","title":{"rendered":"L'histoire d'Emma"},"template":"","class_list":["post-630","story","type-story","status-publish","hentry","topic_tax-students-with-disabilities"],"acf":{"component_hero":{"variant":"split","":null,"subheader":"Emma, a 12-year-old student with autism, is currently making great strides academically, socially, and in daily living skills, thanks to a school placement that meets her unique needs.","button":"","image":5559},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"When Advocates for Children first met Emma in 2016, her future was not looking nearly as bright.\u00a0 Though Emma began receiving special education services in preschool and displayed many common symptoms of autism, the Department of Education (DOE) never properly evaluated her for this disability.\u00a0 As a result, she spent elementary school in special education classes where she made minimal progress, performing several years below grade level in multiple academic subjects and struggling to pay attention and organize her thoughts.\u00a0 The DOE failed to offer Emma a more supportive program and school placement, even when Emma\u2019s mother expressed concerns.\u00a0 In fact, Emma\u2019s school actually decreased her speech-language therapy\u2014despite an evaluation showing that she continued to have significant speech and language delays\u2014and suggested moving Emma to a class where she would have even less individualized attention.\r\n\r\nAFC intervened, getting Emma a comprehensive evaluation to determine her needs and then working with her mother to find a more appropriate school.\u00a0 After filing an impartial hearing request, we secured tuition for Emma to attend a specialized non-public school, where she started in the summer of 2017.\u00a0 With individualized support and instruction from teachers with expertise in working with students like her, Emma\u2019s made academic gains, improved her social-emotional skills, and become more independent!","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_pull_quote","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_pull_quote":{"":null,"quote":"Before AFC, parents [like me] feel angry, broken, hopeless, and powerless.\u00a0After AFC, parents and children become more confident and walk tall.\u00a0 AFC provides parents with many resources and useful information to better understand our children\u2019s disabilities. 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