Garth was able to receive many things under IDEA during high school. He was able to receive services, accommodations and an IEP team looking out for him and trying to help him to be successful.
When Garth was diagnosed with and disability and IEP was immediately developed to help him to be able to succeed in school and social environments. His IEP granted him specific services such as speech therapy, behavioral therapy. Garth's mom told me that the speech therapy helped but wasn't necessary but was very helpful. She also told me that the behavior therapy made huge changes in his school and home performances.
Along with the services that helped him early in his school year, as he got older he started to receive accommodations and modifications. Which also helped him to be able to do some of the things that his peers were doing or at least align what he was doing with his peers. And eventually when he was unable to keep up he was moved to a special education classroom where he was still able to progress in little bits.
One of the more important things that Garth gained by being covered by IDEA was his support team and his IEP team. All through school Garth had a team of people that were looking after him and trying to help him to be as successful as possible and be able to progress in every way possible. His mom has expressed to me (not in the interview) about how that support team really helped Garth to feel included and a part of things during his schooling.
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