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<blockquote data-quote="alongfortheride" data-source="post: 145095" data-attributes="member: 3817"><p>Some IEP accommodations for my BiPolar (BP) son have been, homework assignments for the following week given on Friday and no deduction for late work for a two week period. This gave him a large enough window to complete the tasks at a pace he could handle, even during the darkest times. Also, he was in a stratagies class where a sped teacher worked solely on his complete lack of executive function (assignment books, notebooks, materials needed) as well as collecting all the work that he had completed but carried in a mess in the bottom of his bookbag for weeks instead of turning the assignments in. During the depression phase, he went on reduced days or homebound altogether. None of his teachers except for his case manager at school was aware of his diagnosis. medication changes (and there have been many) were noted to the case manager and at almost every change, the behavior side kicked in resulting in the standard suspensions both in and out of school.</p><p></p><p>Now your Cho comment sent me spinning because with every shooting incident that had happened at any school in the last three years, my son was brought down to the office to just "just check in and see how you are doing". Now, my son is a smart a** and told them after the VTech shooting that they were profiling but they had the wrong guy because he wasn't asian. They actually called to tell me that they thought that was a racist comment.</p><p></p><p>So after four year in high school the nutshell is that the sped department was extremely understanding and helpful with the accomodations but the administrators were less than understanding, issuing the exact same consequences as regular ed students (including arrests for damaging property) and somewhat harassing him after any major school shooting. </p><p></p><p>Kind of like the real world. The prisons are filled with people with mental health issues. For the most part they get the exact same consequences for their behaviors as those without issues. I have told my son that regardless of his diagnosis or struggles, he has to live in society and abide by the same rules as everyone else. Sure, it will be more difficult for him at times but there is no changing these facts...so deal with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alongfortheride, post: 145095, member: 3817"] Some IEP accommodations for my BiPolar (BP) son have been, homework assignments for the following week given on Friday and no deduction for late work for a two week period. This gave him a large enough window to complete the tasks at a pace he could handle, even during the darkest times. Also, he was in a stratagies class where a sped teacher worked solely on his complete lack of executive function (assignment books, notebooks, materials needed) as well as collecting all the work that he had completed but carried in a mess in the bottom of his bookbag for weeks instead of turning the assignments in. During the depression phase, he went on reduced days or homebound altogether. None of his teachers except for his case manager at school was aware of his diagnosis. medication changes (and there have been many) were noted to the case manager and at almost every change, the behavior side kicked in resulting in the standard suspensions both in and out of school. Now your Cho comment sent me spinning because with every shooting incident that had happened at any school in the last three years, my son was brought down to the office to just "just check in and see how you are doing". Now, my son is a smart a** and told them after the VTech shooting that they were profiling but they had the wrong guy because he wasn't asian. They actually called to tell me that they thought that was a racist comment. So after four year in high school the nutshell is that the sped department was extremely understanding and helpful with the accomodations but the administrators were less than understanding, issuing the exact same consequences as regular ed students (including arrests for damaging property) and somewhat harassing him after any major school shooting. Kind of like the real world. The prisons are filled with people with mental health issues. For the most part they get the exact same consequences for their behaviors as those without issues. I have told my son that regardless of his diagnosis or struggles, he has to live in society and abide by the same rules as everyone else. Sure, it will be more difficult for him at times but there is no changing these facts...so deal with it. [/QUOTE]
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