To the Editor:
There is an error in this article. Churchill is not the only school with an elementary and high school for special education students. Our son attends the High School of The Summit School, located in Queens, NY. It is a private school that has a top national reputation, and has all of the above.
B. Parnes, Queens, NY
To the Editor:
I was interested to read about the minimally invasive PLIF. We are now developing in Lausanne, Switzerland a similar technique using the TLIF (transforaminal approach), which we call MI TLIF (minimally invasive TLIF). The first such operation in Switzerland was performed recently using the Sextant and the X-Tube, both Medtronic products, as well as introducing a cage into the disc through the transforaminal route. Our initial experience is encouraging.
Dr. C. Schizas MD MSc FRCS
Lausanne, Switzerland
Spinal Surgeon
University of Lausanne Switzerland
To the Editor:
How beautifully Dr. Kogan plays! I absolutely love "A Window to the Soul" and can listen to it over and over again. On top of being a great psychiatrist, Dr. Kogan is an amazing pianist. Isn't it interesting how all of the great musicians of their time were depressed, schizophrenic and/or bipolar, and in their state of "mental torture" wrote and played many of the world's most beautiful songs? I guess going to Julliard andBellevue paid off.
Joan Bates, New York, NY
To the Editor:
Great article, but most of all what a great support system for Afghanistan. I'm a reading recovery teacher (7yrs) and a staff developer. I've been working for the NYC board of ed for 17 years and would be interested in doing some kind of work like this.
Margaret White, Brooklyn, NY
To the Editor:
There is a very urgent need for someone to ensure that an I.E.P. is adhered to by the special education teacher, especially in an immersion setting.
Many school districts do not want to spend our taxpayer money to ensure that the applications called for in an I.E.P. are being adhered to for the sake of those unable to speak for themselves.
Teachers and educators are very quick to write an I.E.P. It's another thing to apply what you have set on paper, in a classroom of 24 with one special ed teacher floating between two classes of 18 special ed students in an immersion program.
The money always seems to come first. Even New York State has audited several school districts on procedures written for special education—but the applications of those procedures is unenforceable. It's a joke.
Kathleen DeLetto, Aquebogue, NY