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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 364533" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I have thought for years that something like that would be an awesome resource for parents of difficult children. I had thought about reaching out through the sp ed teachers and guidance offices at the schools but I could never seem to find a place that would let us meet AND a professional to help run the group. I have no "real" qualifications other than being a parent of a difficult child, so I felt having someone with some training would be very helpful.</p><p></p><p>One of the problems that I think would be a huge handicap, at least in MY area, is that so many of the kids at school who are difficult children have parents who are at least as bad. There was one of Wiz' classmates who's mom RAN a 3yr old Head Start program and was scary crazy. I actually ended up in meetings and in court with husband's ex-fiance because the kid kept calling us for help late at night when his mom wasn't home. Most of the parents of special needs kids in our schools do not participate in any way - not IEPs, birthdays, conferences, totally nothing. Our sp ed teachers often have to drive all over town to get even IEPs signed. So here it can be almost impossible to have a workable group of parents.</p><p></p><p>When we lived in OH most of the parents of difficult children that I knew were not like that. It would be far easier to get a group going in a more metropolitan area because there is a wider range of parents to reach out to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 364533, member: 1233"] I have thought for years that something like that would be an awesome resource for parents of difficult children. I had thought about reaching out through the sp ed teachers and guidance offices at the schools but I could never seem to find a place that would let us meet AND a professional to help run the group. I have no "real" qualifications other than being a parent of a difficult child, so I felt having someone with some training would be very helpful. One of the problems that I think would be a huge handicap, at least in MY area, is that so many of the kids at school who are difficult children have parents who are at least as bad. There was one of Wiz' classmates who's mom RAN a 3yr old Head Start program and was scary crazy. I actually ended up in meetings and in court with husband's ex-fiance because the kid kept calling us for help late at night when his mom wasn't home. Most of the parents of special needs kids in our schools do not participate in any way - not IEPs, birthdays, conferences, totally nothing. Our sp ed teachers often have to drive all over town to get even IEPs signed. So here it can be almost impossible to have a workable group of parents. When we lived in OH most of the parents of difficult children that I knew were not like that. It would be far easier to get a group going in a more metropolitan area because there is a wider range of parents to reach out to. [/QUOTE]
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