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<blockquote data-quote="butterflydreams" data-source="post: 268054"><p>Smallworld - thanks. Here is the answers. He has a 504 at school. It basically says that he is allowed to leave the classroom if he needs to extract himself and go to the counselors office. He is allowed to use the restroom and/or get water whenever he needs to. He is allowed to standup in class if needed or take a quick walk (this was needed for awhile because he was so sedated on Trazadone until we lowered his dose.) We tried for an IEP, but currently he doesn't have one. If we put him on one, he would end up losing his one class that he really enjoys and says starts the day for him, 1st period art. They left it open though that we can revisit it later.</p><p></p><p>As far as being stable, he is the most stable now than he has been in the last 2 years. The only sedating medication he has is his Trazadone, which ever since we reduced the dosage it is much better because before we reduced it, he had a tough time waking up in the morning and wasn't functional really until noon.</p><p></p><p>he does have a psychiatrist appointment on 5/7, so I will be discussing everything with his psychiatrist.</p><p></p><p>aeroeng: I know my son has ADD, the teachers even say that is all they see in him. The doctor has said before that we can't address it with medications, we have tried before and it only made him aggressive. I have checked into other schools in our area and there isn't anything except study at home programs and that isn't an option. The school tested him and they said if we put him in the class that is for Learning Disability (LD), then the teacher would say he is too smart to be in there and they would put him in a resource class which is 1st period and he would lose his art which is his only favorite class and says it starts his day off on the right foot.</p><p></p><p>dammit janet: They have a "homework club" available after school 2 days per week. He has the option of staying there and I have told him he should but he doesn't. Next year I am going to require it. There are no "study halls" that I know of. That is one more reason I want to move. The schools where I am looking at say that they have a mandatory "homework club" thing that kids have to stay after school if they don't turn in their homework. I have told him he needs to stay after, but he gets on the bus anyway. The school won't make him stay. </p><p></p><p>I think difficult child is to the point that he feels why bother it won't make a difference anyway. Like I said, I am going to speak to both his therapist and his psychiatrist about it and see what they say.</p><p></p><p>In Las Vegas, there really aren't many options for anything. Las Vegas schools are ranked one of the lowest in the country - they s*ck. Doctors are hard to come by too especially specialists.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="butterflydreams, post: 268054"] Smallworld - thanks. Here is the answers. He has a 504 at school. It basically says that he is allowed to leave the classroom if he needs to extract himself and go to the counselors office. He is allowed to use the restroom and/or get water whenever he needs to. He is allowed to standup in class if needed or take a quick walk (this was needed for awhile because he was so sedated on Trazadone until we lowered his dose.) We tried for an IEP, but currently he doesn't have one. If we put him on one, he would end up losing his one class that he really enjoys and says starts the day for him, 1st period art. They left it open though that we can revisit it later. As far as being stable, he is the most stable now than he has been in the last 2 years. The only sedating medication he has is his Trazadone, which ever since we reduced the dosage it is much better because before we reduced it, he had a tough time waking up in the morning and wasn't functional really until noon. he does have a psychiatrist appointment on 5/7, so I will be discussing everything with his psychiatrist. aeroeng: I know my son has ADD, the teachers even say that is all they see in him. The doctor has said before that we can't address it with medications, we have tried before and it only made him aggressive. I have checked into other schools in our area and there isn't anything except study at home programs and that isn't an option. The school tested him and they said if we put him in the class that is for Learning Disability (LD), then the teacher would say he is too smart to be in there and they would put him in a resource class which is 1st period and he would lose his art which is his only favorite class and says it starts his day off on the right foot. dammit janet: They have a "homework club" available after school 2 days per week. He has the option of staying there and I have told him he should but he doesn't. Next year I am going to require it. There are no "study halls" that I know of. That is one more reason I want to move. The schools where I am looking at say that they have a mandatory "homework club" thing that kids have to stay after school if they don't turn in their homework. I have told him he needs to stay after, but he gets on the bus anyway. The school won't make him stay. I think difficult child is to the point that he feels why bother it won't make a difference anyway. Like I said, I am going to speak to both his therapist and his psychiatrist about it and see what they say. In Las Vegas, there really aren't many options for anything. Las Vegas schools are ranked one of the lowest in the country - they s*ck. Doctors are hard to come by too especially specialists. [/QUOTE]
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