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<blockquote data-quote="taalix" data-source="post: 24884" data-attributes="member: 3520"><p>Thank you for your responses.</p><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tiredmommy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Welcome! :smile: Does he go to kindergarten next year? If so, you are definitely going to want him evaluated by the school district (even if his pre-k is private). He may be overstimulated or have difficulty transitioning between activities. He can be evaluated for services from the school district after age three.</p><p>Is he covered under some one's insurance? If not he might be able to be covered through your state/province. Your county mental health department may help as well.</div></div></p><p>He will be in kindergarten in fall of 2008. </p><p></p><p>He's currently on TennCare, but that will change to private insurance in May. Not sure if TennCare will cover this.</p><p></p><p>I'll talk to my fiance about trying to contact the school district to see what's available.</p><p></p><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tiredmommy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You mentioned his behavior is better upon waking. He may even have a sleep disorder that play into this. </div></div></p><p></p><p>He sleeps fine at night. He usually falls asleep easily and rarely wakes up throughout the night. He averages between 10-11 hours a night, going to bed around 7:30 - 8:00 PM and waking up around 6:00 - 6:30 AM (usually waking up on his own). He used to watch cartoons when going to sleep, but we cut that out about 3-4 weeks ago to try to teach him to calm himself to sleep. </p><p></p><p>I do know that at his mother's house, she tends to want him to stay up all night to play with her, and she doesn't adhere to naps, so I know he's exhausted when he comes home on Sundays from her house. Monday's are usually his worst day, and it could be due to this. We've tried talking to her and explaining how this causes problems for him, but she views it as our problem, not hers.</p><p></p><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SRL</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If this were my child I'd go in and observe. If things didn't get better I'd probably try another preschool with maybe a different approach before moving forward for evaluations. </div></div></p><p></p><p>He hit and bit a teacher on Monday. Apparently he hit another kid, and she was trying to take his hand and walk him over to timeout. Tuesday, he didn't hit (as far as we know, they're not being great about sending notes home), but he kept making excuses for not laying down at naptime, then threw a tantrum in the bathroom when his teacher caught him playing in the sink and told him to go lay down. Wednesday, I think he hit a few kids (once again, we're not getting the reasons for this.), but other than that, he was better. His teacher put him in a "boring" corner of the classroom with his mat, and this helped put him to sleep.</p><p></p><p>The daycare seems reluctant to try things like timeout/cooldowns (which I think he needs when he gets overstimulated, but they say this is now illegal to do in daycares in TN?). When he gets into a full blown tantrum, they try to talk to him (which I know doesn't work cause he's already at a 10). The director and assistant director seem to be excellent, but there's a revolving door for teachers, and I really don't like his current teacher. My fiance thinks all daycares will be like this, and is reluctant to hear me suggest other schools. Of course, I tell him he won't have much of a choice if/when they kick his son out, but this falls on deaf ears. He plans to put him in a different program for Pre-K (there's not a lot of public school Pre-K programs in my area), but that will not be until the fall.</p><p></p><p>I'm quitting my current job at the end of March, and will hopefully have some open time at the beginning of April to go and observe. I just know that if he sees me, though, he will act differently, and the way his classroom is set up, it's hard for me to not be noticed by him or the other kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="taalix, post: 24884, member: 3520"] Thank you for your responses. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tiredmommy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Welcome! [img]:smile:[/img] Does he go to kindergarten next year? If so, you are definitely going to want him evaluated by the school district (even if his pre-k is private). He may be overstimulated or have difficulty transitioning between activities. He can be evaluated for services from the school district after age three. Is he covered under some one's insurance? If not he might be able to be covered through your state/province. Your county mental health department may help as well.</div></div> He will be in kindergarten in fall of 2008. He's currently on TennCare, but that will change to private insurance in May. Not sure if TennCare will cover this. I'll talk to my fiance about trying to contact the school district to see what's available. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tiredmommy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You mentioned his behavior is better upon waking. He may even have a sleep disorder that play into this. </div></div> He sleeps fine at night. He usually falls asleep easily and rarely wakes up throughout the night. He averages between 10-11 hours a night, going to bed around 7:30 - 8:00 PM and waking up around 6:00 - 6:30 AM (usually waking up on his own). He used to watch cartoons when going to sleep, but we cut that out about 3-4 weeks ago to try to teach him to calm himself to sleep. I do know that at his mother's house, she tends to want him to stay up all night to play with her, and she doesn't adhere to naps, so I know he's exhausted when he comes home on Sundays from her house. Monday's are usually his worst day, and it could be due to this. We've tried talking to her and explaining how this causes problems for him, but she views it as our problem, not hers. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SRL</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If this were my child I'd go in and observe. If things didn't get better I'd probably try another preschool with maybe a different approach before moving forward for evaluations. </div></div> He hit and bit a teacher on Monday. Apparently he hit another kid, and she was trying to take his hand and walk him over to timeout. Tuesday, he didn't hit (as far as we know, they're not being great about sending notes home), but he kept making excuses for not laying down at naptime, then threw a tantrum in the bathroom when his teacher caught him playing in the sink and told him to go lay down. Wednesday, I think he hit a few kids (once again, we're not getting the reasons for this.), but other than that, he was better. His teacher put him in a "boring" corner of the classroom with his mat, and this helped put him to sleep. The daycare seems reluctant to try things like timeout/cooldowns (which I think he needs when he gets overstimulated, but they say this is now illegal to do in daycares in TN?). When he gets into a full blown tantrum, they try to talk to him (which I know doesn't work cause he's already at a 10). The director and assistant director seem to be excellent, but there's a revolving door for teachers, and I really don't like his current teacher. My fiance thinks all daycares will be like this, and is reluctant to hear me suggest other schools. Of course, I tell him he won't have much of a choice if/when they kick his son out, but this falls on deaf ears. He plans to put him in a different program for Pre-K (there's not a lot of public school Pre-K programs in my area), but that will not be until the fall. I'm quitting my current job at the end of March, and will hopefully have some open time at the beginning of April to go and observe. I just know that if he sees me, though, he will act differently, and the way his classroom is set up, it's hard for me to not be noticed by him or the other kids. [/QUOTE]
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