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6 year old son keeps getting kicked out of school
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 700255" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>PLEASE use the time you have to learn Special Education law. Also contact your state board of education to find an advocate. Knowledge truly IS power during this time. Insist on outside evaluations if you disagree with their assessments. Please know that school psychologists mean well, but often are not very experienced. They are low paid and sometimes that isn't the best. Be prepared to have to FIGHT for your child to get what he needs. You are not fighting for what he wants, but rather for what he needs to survive and thrive - and every child deserves that.</p><p></p><p>Some big piece of your son's puzzle is missing. I truly wonder what is going on in that classroom that you are not allowed to see. I can remember how very different my own teachers were when parents were present and when they were not. I had a much harder time coping when the teacher was the only adult in the room, largely because I did not have the social skills to handle the hidden bullying and I was a HUGE target, esp in the 1-3rd grades. I don't know if it is bullying, sensory issues, autism to some degree (autism is a spectrum, so it may be very subtle), or something else, but something is not being seen. Sadly, it will be up to you to figure out what it is, because generally schools are not that great at figuring out the more subtle things. Especially if they start out with the idea that the child just doesn't want to behave. That taints their entire process, from my experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 700255, member: 1233"] PLEASE use the time you have to learn Special Education law. Also contact your state board of education to find an advocate. Knowledge truly IS power during this time. Insist on outside evaluations if you disagree with their assessments. Please know that school psychologists mean well, but often are not very experienced. They are low paid and sometimes that isn't the best. Be prepared to have to FIGHT for your child to get what he needs. You are not fighting for what he wants, but rather for what he needs to survive and thrive - and every child deserves that. Some big piece of your son's puzzle is missing. I truly wonder what is going on in that classroom that you are not allowed to see. I can remember how very different my own teachers were when parents were present and when they were not. I had a much harder time coping when the teacher was the only adult in the room, largely because I did not have the social skills to handle the hidden bullying and I was a HUGE target, esp in the 1-3rd grades. I don't know if it is bullying, sensory issues, autism to some degree (autism is a spectrum, so it may be very subtle), or something else, but something is not being seen. Sadly, it will be up to you to figure out what it is, because generally schools are not that great at figuring out the more subtle things. Especially if they start out with the idea that the child just doesn't want to behave. That taints their entire process, from my experience. [/QUOTE]
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