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<blockquote data-quote="olemissreb85" data-source="post: 132993" data-attributes="member: 4162"><p>Your situation is very similar to what I went through with my 6th grader. Private school informed me on a Friday afternoon at 3pm that I was to home study my difficult child until he got a psycho ed evaluation and the admin at the school talked to the dr. that performed the evaluation. This is legal for a private school - they do not have to abide by the same regulations regarding behaviour that a public school does. Originally, difficult child was not going to be allowed to rejoin his classmates until after Christmas break. I made sure that all the testing was done and results were to the school within 6 weeks of "informal suspension". By week 7, he was back in school. </p><p></p><p>evaluation showed ADD, ODD and mildly elevated levels of anxiety and depression. Dr. thought the latter 2 might be situational. We did start difficult child on Concerta and he is doing wonderfully. I have decided to keep my son in the private school because his teachers have been wonderful in working with me through the home study period and as we adjust medication. They are genuinely concerned with his mental well being as they are with his education. His class size is small - 6 kids of which he is the only male - so this helps. </p><p></p><p>Personally, if your son likes the school he is in, I would try to do what is necessary to keep him there. If there is a huge personality clash between you and the administration where trust is an issue, then that might be a different story and I would explain that to your son. I have a few trust issues with the Headmaster of my son's school, but the teachers more than make up for that.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="olemissreb85, post: 132993, member: 4162"] Your situation is very similar to what I went through with my 6th grader. Private school informed me on a Friday afternoon at 3pm that I was to home study my difficult child until he got a psycho ed evaluation and the admin at the school talked to the dr. that performed the evaluation. This is legal for a private school - they do not have to abide by the same regulations regarding behaviour that a public school does. Originally, difficult child was not going to be allowed to rejoin his classmates until after Christmas break. I made sure that all the testing was done and results were to the school within 6 weeks of "informal suspension". By week 7, he was back in school. evaluation showed ADD, ODD and mildly elevated levels of anxiety and depression. Dr. thought the latter 2 might be situational. We did start difficult child on Concerta and he is doing wonderfully. I have decided to keep my son in the private school because his teachers have been wonderful in working with me through the home study period and as we adjust medication. They are genuinely concerned with his mental well being as they are with his education. His class size is small - 6 kids of which he is the only male - so this helps. Personally, if your son likes the school he is in, I would try to do what is necessary to keep him there. If there is a huge personality clash between you and the administration where trust is an issue, then that might be a different story and I would explain that to your son. I have a few trust issues with the Headmaster of my son's school, but the teachers more than make up for that. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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