Can I just say "I told ya so"?
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| Wed, 05-09-2007 - 10:33pm |
LOL! this week Monday-Wednesday was the beginning of PACT (palmetto achievement challenge test--ie South Carolina's nochildleftbehind test). I talked to Weston's teachers last week and said, he's not in a good place, you might as well just change his testing to a small group or one on one because I think he'll cause disruption in class and won't be able to take the test. They assured me that he had been doing so well that they would let him try to take the test w/ his peers. He hasn't asked to leave the classroom in a couple of weeks....
"He had a very bad morning" the special ed coordinator said when she called the 2nd time Monday morning. The first time I was in the shower and just left a message saying, "We are changing Weston's testing placement, I'll call you back later to explain." Evidentally, the perseverating and stimming started the moment they passed out the tests. Then as other children finished he started to verbally stim. He was VERY upset and was crying when they finally took him out of the classroom. Why didn't they listen to me???
So, then I said, don't even put him back in that stituation... so they said, I think we'll ask him what he'd like to do, he can decide if he'd like to try again tomorrow in the regular classroom-- he said, "no" so he took the rest of that portion in a small group. Fine, worked great. Then he had to take today's portion one on one because they didn't have a small group for him to take it with. He refused to talk to me about it. I didn't hear anymore, tho tomorrow I have his IEP meeting. I'm sure we'll discuss it then. I'm sort of glad he's having these kinds of difficulties now, they have been poopooing me about so many things and won't believe that his needs are as significant as I make them out to be. Even after all the troubles w/ PE this semester and his verbal stimming and little tantrums in class. I hope that they are willing to put in writing all this stuff, tomorrow. I hate having to fight for everything.
Betsy

Oh Betsy...these southern schools....they dont like to listen! I have it on Jakes IEP that he has a small group and he has extended time if he needs it. He also gets to use a calculator on the math portion. I would make sure you have them put that in writing on that IEP. Jake also has problems in PE up until he start HS next yr he only has to attend the Health portion of PE-no dressing out no sports-he was having problem with boys picking on him in the dressing room and then calling him names nd picking on him becasue he isnt real gifted int he sports kinda way. If I rememebr Weston is in 5th grade-That is the same yr that Jake started vocally stimming and tantrums and then he would totally shut downbecasue the kids would make fun of him and the teacher would send him to the office for stimming (supposedly he was doing it to disturb the class on purpose)
Go gettem on the IEP-make them listen!
Liza
Oh man betsy, what a pain. I hate when they don't listen.
last year we had a similar problem with Cait and testing and they gave me such a hard time about changing the IEP. I think they just didn't want to bother it seemed like. If we just pat mom on the back it will be ok and she will go away.
I am glad he did better after the first day.
Renee
I can understand that some schools think the mother is overprotective and "unreasonable". But man! Betsy, you've been proven right so many times in the past.
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