help please with 7 y/o son

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Registered: 11-12-2007
help please with 7 y/o son
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Mon, 11-12-2007 - 12:10pm
I am hoping you can help me, I'm at my wits end and don't know what to do.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 11-12-2007 - 12:52pm

Holy Smokes...I can't even believe it.

                                

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Registered: 12-22-2003
Mon, 11-12-2007 - 1:39pm

I think it's time to call in the "Big Guns".

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Registered: 05-16-2006
Mon, 11-12-2007 - 3:57pm

HOLY COW


You need to get a hold of a liason because this is bull crap. I agree with Amy, time for the BIG GUNS>>>>>just "because they felt he didn't need it"-------------------NEWS FLASH, ITS NOT UP TO THEM.


I would call an emergecy meeting with all parties involved. YOu need to find out who is a liason for your son in yoru school system and get this taken care of.


Good Luck
Sending you prayers and possitive thoughts that this matter will be resolved swiftly


-Nora

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Registered: 11-12-2007
Mon, 11-12-2007 - 6:10pm

Thank you for all your answers and thoughts.


When we first suspected autism, we went to his pediatrician who sent us to Kennedy Kreiger.

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Registered: 06-25-2003
Mon, 11-12-2007 - 8:04pm

well, first of all I want to welcoem you to our little corner of the Internet. Pull up a comfy chair next to the fire, grab a beverage of your choice and a few snacks.

-Paula

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Registered: 04-28-2007
Mon, 11-12-2007 - 9:21pm

Hi and welcome,

I lived in Carroll co. Md until July '06 and we had an abismal time with the school system and ds's issues also . At the time he wasn't officially dx and we were dealing with a 504 plan, but still he had no support, help or services. We had a similar principal too....it was always my fault. (((hugs )))) to you.

I have heard of Linda Ferrier; got her ino from a speech pathologist at Kennedy Krieger. We also had ds assessed at KK and he was only dx with adhd at the time; took a few years and the right situation, but here in GA we received awesome services and support....actually the Md attitute was a big reason why we relocated.

I agree with the others, your school need sa swift kick in the behind. Get the advocate; FORCE the school to follow the leter of the law. How the hell can a child wander from school property? When Liam tried last year he was always stopped and dealt with, (this was in Atlanta though).

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Registered: 01-25-2007
Tue, 11-13-2007 - 4:16am
Just a note to agree with Paula's comments about the school taking advantage of your kind nature. Our school always asks if my husband is coming to the meetings. He's so easygoing that he'll agree to practically anything they want to avoid a conflict. They would definitely prefer to deal with him rather than Mama Bear. :D
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Tue, 11-13-2007 - 6:08am

I just read your post over at the Special Ed board. OMG what a nightmare. I am so sorry this is happening. Why do schools think that they can decide what to follow and what not to? We are having a similar problem at our school. They are only following her IEP in bits and pieces after transferring to another school in the district (which was the district's doing... not mine.) We have an IEP meeting this Friday (which no one told me about til I called and complained BTW) and I'm going to set them all straight on this. I don't expect it to be pretty. I'm honestly expecting a battle.

I hope that this can all be dealt with without a huge fight and your son can start having a better year. It is all so ridiculous. Sounds like the school completely dropped the ball... and in a way that could get them in a serious amount of trouble!

Now this may be good advice or bad advice so please take with a grain of salt. Remember, I'm going through some school problems that have my blood boiling right now and am going to be going into a war probably today (broken arm I posted about and no assistance from teacher) but if you can't get this resolved with a simple meeting, I would take it straight to the state Board of Education and even threaten to take it to the news media. The last thing a school wants is bad press... seeing as most of them only care about how good they look. What they are doing is beyond unacceptable!!




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Registered: 11-12-2007
Tue, 11-13-2007 - 6:08am

Thank you all again for your responses, you have no idea of the anger and frustration I have had to go through with this school.


I forgot to put in my previous post about the question was my son being seen by anyone now, the answer is no.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Tue, 11-13-2007 - 8:19am
I wish that was true... "if you treat the school nice, they'll be nice." I haven't found this to be true yet in my dealings although I've tried. I find that if I'm too nice, they just walk all over me and talk down to me. It shouldn't be like that but more often than not, it is. My husband is the same way though... he gets mad but never wants to speak up.



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