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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 108299" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>That is good advice. I personally would report it; not necessarily for any action, but so they have some sort of record of events.</p><p></p><p>I also am concerned about difficult child getting an equal punishment when frankly all he did was in self-defence. OK, my experience of the US legal system is restricted to watching "Judge Judy", but she seems to accept hitting as self-defence, is someone else laid hands on you first, and especially if the hitting in response is not more than is needed to simply break the pattern or make the other person stop.</p><p></p><p>Sounds like this other kid was spoiling for a fight with anybody, it was following on from his earlier behaviour. He was clearly the instigator. </p><p></p><p>As for the failure of the report to materialise - yes, these things do take time, especially if they are doing a thorough job and especially if they are overworked.</p><p></p><p>Here is my suggestion - write a letter to you local politician who represents your constituency. A congressman, perhaps. The gist of your letter - "please will you do your utmost to get this specialist clinic the extra funding it needs so that the excellent work they do in assessing kids like mine, can be completed effectively with the subsequent reports so vitally needed by our health system and education system. Without that report we are unable to proceed and our own matter is becoming critical. We surely can't be the only ones so affected, so clearly these excellent people are in desperate need of more staffing so they may continue to do t his excellent work and the needs of our children (who are the future of this country) can be met."</p><p>Do make sure you use your own wording, but make sure you are full of support and praise for this clinic, making it clear that OBVIOUSLY they need more government funding for extra staff to type up the backlog of reports.</p><p>Then send the letter to your congressman (or whoever) and at the bottom, "CC to..." and put down the person you saw, their boss, and their boss's boss.</p><p></p><p>Or if you want to be more gentle, just send the copy only, to the people you have been ringing. The message of this is "if you keep stalling me, I will send this letter. It is supportive of you, but in a way which will bring people sniffing around to find out why you are so inefficient." (and don't actually SAY that to them, either - it's what they will read between the lines - I hope).</p><p></p><p>It's quite likely that the report is still in the "IN" tray, along with fifty others, and the only person available to type them is the person administering the tests day and night. We've sometimes had to wait six months for a report. I've had some reports never turn up.</p><p></p><p>There are ways of being politely but firmly insistent, without having to call them lazy and incompetent.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 108299, member: 1991"] That is good advice. I personally would report it; not necessarily for any action, but so they have some sort of record of events. I also am concerned about difficult child getting an equal punishment when frankly all he did was in self-defence. OK, my experience of the US legal system is restricted to watching "Judge Judy", but she seems to accept hitting as self-defence, is someone else laid hands on you first, and especially if the hitting in response is not more than is needed to simply break the pattern or make the other person stop. Sounds like this other kid was spoiling for a fight with anybody, it was following on from his earlier behaviour. He was clearly the instigator. As for the failure of the report to materialise - yes, these things do take time, especially if they are doing a thorough job and especially if they are overworked. Here is my suggestion - write a letter to you local politician who represents your constituency. A congressman, perhaps. The gist of your letter - "please will you do your utmost to get this specialist clinic the extra funding it needs so that the excellent work they do in assessing kids like mine, can be completed effectively with the subsequent reports so vitally needed by our health system and education system. Without that report we are unable to proceed and our own matter is becoming critical. We surely can't be the only ones so affected, so clearly these excellent people are in desperate need of more staffing so they may continue to do t his excellent work and the needs of our children (who are the future of this country) can be met." Do make sure you use your own wording, but make sure you are full of support and praise for this clinic, making it clear that OBVIOUSLY they need more government funding for extra staff to type up the backlog of reports. Then send the letter to your congressman (or whoever) and at the bottom, "CC to..." and put down the person you saw, their boss, and their boss's boss. Or if you want to be more gentle, just send the copy only, to the people you have been ringing. The message of this is "if you keep stalling me, I will send this letter. It is supportive of you, but in a way which will bring people sniffing around to find out why you are so inefficient." (and don't actually SAY that to them, either - it's what they will read between the lines - I hope). It's quite likely that the report is still in the "IN" tray, along with fifty others, and the only person available to type them is the person administering the tests day and night. We've sometimes had to wait six months for a report. I've had some reports never turn up. There are ways of being politely but firmly insistent, without having to call them lazy and incompetent. Marg [/QUOTE]
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