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just curious--does anyone regularly pull their difficult child out of school for therapy?
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 381176" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>We took difficult child out of school once a week when he was in 5th grade from November through May and then almost as often in 6th grade for therapist appts. We were fortunate that the hospital system difficult child is going to always takes transportation into consideration. It was a one hour trip to the facility and they were very good about getting us into last time slots.</p><p> </p><p>It became harder to do so once he started the public school system in 7th grade but by then we were down to about once a month. Now in 8th grade we are at about every 2 - 3 months and I can try to schedule those for when there is no school.</p><p> </p><p>Check your child's school calendar - compose a list of early outs and no school days. Book appointments NOW for those times.</p><p> </p><p>As someone mentioned, look at the pros and cons. When difficult child was in 5th grade, resolving his anxiety issues far outweighed his need to go to school so missing half a day per week wasn't an issue for us. However, this year his schooling is more important as the anxiety is now under control and we are in a maintenance mode.</p><p> </p><p>Elementary schools are easier to work with. The teacher can flex her schedule to make sure he gets what he needs - help while others are working on their work, come early to school or stay after, ect. Once there is a new teacher for each subject, it is harder for the school to get that teaching opportunity if a student is gone one hour.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 381176, member: 5096"] We took difficult child out of school once a week when he was in 5th grade from November through May and then almost as often in 6th grade for therapist appts. We were fortunate that the hospital system difficult child is going to always takes transportation into consideration. It was a one hour trip to the facility and they were very good about getting us into last time slots. It became harder to do so once he started the public school system in 7th grade but by then we were down to about once a month. Now in 8th grade we are at about every 2 - 3 months and I can try to schedule those for when there is no school. Check your child's school calendar - compose a list of early outs and no school days. Book appointments NOW for those times. As someone mentioned, look at the pros and cons. When difficult child was in 5th grade, resolving his anxiety issues far outweighed his need to go to school so missing half a day per week wasn't an issue for us. However, this year his schooling is more important as the anxiety is now under control and we are in a maintenance mode. Elementary schools are easier to work with. The teacher can flex her schedule to make sure he gets what he needs - help while others are working on their work, come early to school or stay after, ect. Once there is a new teacher for each subject, it is harder for the school to get that teaching opportunity if a student is gone one hour. [/QUOTE]
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