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Hi Everyone, So happy to have found this forum. I really could use your help. I have a 7 yr Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified child. Luckily he is in a nyc private funded school. He is going into 3rd grade. He has been having some behavior problems this last year. Some of which was due to a child bullying him in his class everyday. In December they decided a behavior plan should be put together. THe school pychologist put one together and the report was finally typed up and all set march 2. He had his iep meeting and may and the behavior plan is on there. THe main components are to have special charts for him to look at for appropriate behaviors also a behavior contract for him to sign and a sticker system with daily goals. Seems like my kid has trouble waiting for a weekly reward is he is good so they thought this would work. Little things are also in there like rub his back if they see signs of his stressing to avoid a meltodown. That they do. I ask him do you have stickers or charts? DId anyone have you sign a contract? He has no idea what Im talking about. I call the pychologist and she said well it is a work in progress ,Im tweeking it and we have other changes done to the room itself for my kid. I call again last month same answer making constant changes and more tweeking. My son goes to a cbt as well and he wanted to work with the school as far as the sticker chart . Cant do that. Who would I complain to that they are not following thru? IS it even worth it? My son is in the private school. I went to his school this week because they want me to see his behaviors. He was pretty good actually and not any worse than the kids in his class. I went to search his desk for the stickers and charts and found nothing. Yet the pychologist asked me so what are you doing about medication? I dont want to medicate him until I try everything and at lest see if this behavior plan would work. My son loves his teacher do I just put up with this? Is this normal? His cbt said schools are famous for not starting behavior plans right away. In this case a small section is started and nothing else. Any advice would be so appreciated. Thank you.