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<blockquote data-quote="Christy" data-source="post: 295667" data-attributes="member: 225"><p>Good Luck Shari!</p><p></p><p>Hopefully the new principal will be more proactive than the last. But you are wise to have a plan. As for suspensions, check with wright's law, but I believe that 10 days is the maximum number of days a child with an iep can be suspended before having a "manifestation of disability" hearing. I would focus on being a calm, cool, collected pain-in-the-butt if the school decides to suspend. Request an iep everytime difficult child is suspended. State that you are concerned that difficult child's behaviors are affecting his ability to make academic progress and you want to know how the school is going to put the support in place and structure things differently to avoid whatever incident lead to the suspension. If your difficult child's behaviors are anything like my difficult child's, you will feel shocked, outraged, emabarrassed, ashamed, etc...that difficult child has behaved in this way. Don't apologize for difficult child and don't acept any responsibility for what goes on during school hours. Say something like, "Yes, difficult child's has such a difficult time making the right choice. At home, he requires constant adult support to be successful. I wish he could be more independent but right now, but he simply isn't able to do this. Where was the closest adult when the incident occured? Did anyone prompt difficult child on what to expect in this situation? Was anyone close enough to notice that he was starting to become frustrated? Do you think you have the staff available to provide the one-on-one support necessary for difficult child to be safe and successful? Let's be realistic, difficult child has significant behavioral issues due to his diagnosis. We wouldn't expect a blind person to learn to see and we can't expect difficult child to behave like a typical child. He needs more support to access his education. Without one-to-one supervision, I have serious concerns for his safety as well as the safety of the other children and staff." In plain words, each time they present you with a behavior, turn it back to them by saying, "What changes are you implementing to avoid this in the future and to help difficult child be more successful?" It may come to a point where they will say that they can't prevent difficult children behaviors. Then the question becomes, "How are you going to deal with this?" A one-to-one is significantly less expensive that an out of district placement. constantly remind them that they are responsible for the education and safety of difficult child during school hours.</p><p></p><p>Good luck warrior mom!</p><p>Christy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Christy, post: 295667, member: 225"] Good Luck Shari! Hopefully the new principal will be more proactive than the last. But you are wise to have a plan. As for suspensions, check with wright's law, but I believe that 10 days is the maximum number of days a child with an iep can be suspended before having a "manifestation of disability" hearing. I would focus on being a calm, cool, collected pain-in-the-butt if the school decides to suspend. Request an iep everytime difficult child is suspended. State that you are concerned that difficult child's behaviors are affecting his ability to make academic progress and you want to know how the school is going to put the support in place and structure things differently to avoid whatever incident lead to the suspension. If your difficult child's behaviors are anything like my difficult child's, you will feel shocked, outraged, emabarrassed, ashamed, etc...that difficult child has behaved in this way. Don't apologize for difficult child and don't acept any responsibility for what goes on during school hours. Say something like, "Yes, difficult child's has such a difficult time making the right choice. At home, he requires constant adult support to be successful. I wish he could be more independent but right now, but he simply isn't able to do this. Where was the closest adult when the incident occured? Did anyone prompt difficult child on what to expect in this situation? Was anyone close enough to notice that he was starting to become frustrated? Do you think you have the staff available to provide the one-on-one support necessary for difficult child to be safe and successful? Let's be realistic, difficult child has significant behavioral issues due to his diagnosis. We wouldn't expect a blind person to learn to see and we can't expect difficult child to behave like a typical child. He needs more support to access his education. Without one-to-one supervision, I have serious concerns for his safety as well as the safety of the other children and staff." In plain words, each time they present you with a behavior, turn it back to them by saying, "What changes are you implementing to avoid this in the future and to help difficult child be more successful?" It may come to a point where they will say that they can't prevent difficult children behaviors. Then the question becomes, "How are you going to deal with this?" A one-to-one is significantly less expensive that an out of district placement. constantly remind them that they are responsible for the education and safety of difficult child during school hours. Good luck warrior mom! Christy [/QUOTE]
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