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Thanks! I have been seriously losing sleep over school for nine years, and am ready for some resolution! (Monday Aug 25 | post #5002)
WOOD-TV Grand Rapids and Michigan
Wow that sounds a lot like my son... He HATES it when people talk down to him, that's why counselling has failed so miserably with him. Every "child" counselor out there talked to him like he was 4 and he knew it and thought they were ridiculous. Now that he's been in the hospital, we have a line on some very good follow-up therapy with people who know best how to deal with kids like this. (Monday Aug 25 | post #5001)
WOOD-TV Grand Rapids and Michigan
We have been trying to get rid of that also.. still popping up, but we're working on it. How did you get rid of it? (Sunday Aug 24 | post #4964)
WOOD-TV Grand Rapids and Michigan
Thanks, on the fly! Glad to hear I'm not crazy. The school has been making me out to be a neurotic mother for nine years. I am meeting with a lawyer who has 25 years in special ed. law. (Sunday Aug 24 | post #4963)
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Yes, we have protested, and are meeting with a lawyer Tues. I have been dealing with this for nine years! Thanks for your input. Hope your brother is doing okay. (Sunday Aug 24 | post #4962)
WOOD-TV Grand Rapids and Michigan
Thanks. I had a teacher in sixth grade(from the school in question) tell me they can make those tests turn out any way they want(spec. ed testing) so you can understand my disillusionment. (Saturday Aug 23 | post #4936)
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Thanks! glad your son got help. A little goes a long way.. the sad thing is, I would have been happy with just a little help, and they won't give me that, so I am forced to make them do it. We are meeting with a lawyer Tues. and he's been in special ed. law for 25 years. (Saturday Aug 23 | post #4935)
WOOD-TV Grand Rapids and Michigan
Gotcha beat there.. I'm 44, and it sounds OLD to me, well, sometimes... (still wondering where the 30's went) (Saturday Aug 23 | post #4929)
WOOD-TV Grand Rapids and Michigan
They've been telling me for nine years that he is very "capable ", even though in kindergarten he was already exibiting signs of severe depression. They would say he didn't act like that at school. In fourth grade, he flipped out and overturned his entire desk(they're heavy) and they still said he was fine. I was told to fill out paperwork for sensory issues, which I didn't hear back from until the next school year.. only after I called to find out about it. Then I was told, "Oh, yeah, he scored kind of high on that but I wasn't sure what to do with it so I kind of hoped you'd forget about it" (this was from the school counselor in then fifth grade) Anyway, the reason I'm bringing all this out now is I'm sending my son back to school for 9th grade this year.. only because he wants to try. I wanted to keep him homeschooled another year or so. I pulled him out of 8th grade halfway through the year because he was failing everything and was suicidal. They have already tried to tell me that he doesn't need accommodations this year, or an IEP, until we "see how he does". Same ol' same ol. So if I come on here rambling about school and how P.O.'d I am, that's basically the promary focus for me for the near future-trying to get help for my son... and to let ya all know ya just might hear a little more about a certain school district in the news... to be continued... (Saturday Aug 23 | post #4928)
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It's an Individual Education Plan. By law, it's supposed to be the school staff getting together to provide accommodations for a child with a disability, whether it be learning, social, emotional, physical. When a parent requests it, the school by law has 30 days to respond and set up the meeting.. What I'm getting at is, my school system has repeatedly refused to help my son for 9 years. I was curious as to what other teachers or parents with disabled kids have to say.. (Saturday Aug 23 | post #4925)
WOOD-TV Grand Rapids and Michigan
Anyone on this thread that wants to find me on myspace: myspace.com/mamaof4dogs2kids (Saturday Aug 23 | post #4922)
WOOD-TV Grand Rapids and Michigan
Question for teachers, esp. special ed teacher. What do you think of a school system that denies an IEP for a 14-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with severe depression, aspergers, ADHD, sensory and motor issues, and also just spent 10 days in a psychiatric hospital? (Saturday Aug 23 | post #4921)
WOOD-TV Grand Rapids and Michigan
I'm kinda retarded.. I've been playing mobsters whenever online. How embarrassing!!! But lately, my son, whose 14 has been in the hospital. (psych hosp.) he has been there since last Tues. I miss him like my left arm! He is doing way better and I think they have his meds right, he seems to be functioning and even smiling and laughing and acting normal(he has autism and severe depression) Thanks to all who missed me.. nice to know I was missed!! I need to give up this mobster thing and join the real world again! LOL actually I'm working part-time too and trying to get to Curves.. (I've noticed 5-d's looking good in her latest pic- good job!) ttyl (Monday Aug 18 | post #4353)
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