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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 667632" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>First of all if your son had an IEP, what the teacher did would probably have been illegal. ADHD/Other Health Impaired is a qualifying condition for Special Education Services. You cannot punish or single out a student for any behaviors that may be linked to his or her qualifying condition. </p><p></p><p>The first responsibility of that teacher, for every student, is to address responsibly barriers to learning, and to not jump first to a punitive and judgmental and harassing attitude. It seems reasonable to assume that this teacher is treating your child in the same way.</p><p></p><p>There are school psychologists, counselors, a vice principal and principal who are paid to take responsibility to assist their students, instead of assuming the worst about them, and to take to task parents.</p><p></p><p>I am fuming too. Save the letter. You have leverage.</p><p></p><p>While I might take my child to the doctor and consider a sleep study, excessive sleepiness can be a symptom of depression, as can be poor sleep. If he is not sleeping at night, or with troubled sleep, of course he would be sleepy during the day. Or perhaps, his coping is affected by the depression as well. And he feels the need to withdraw.</p><p></p><p>I was hesitant to tell the school about any psychiatric diagnosis. I do not trust them. I am sorry. I worked in schools. I saw how they are. You have enough leverage with the ADHD. My very brilliant son was Special Education, ADHD/Other Health Impaired throughout school.</p><p></p><p>Believe me, no matter how brilliant my child was, I would consider an IEP, to protect him from this harassment. The designation was created for situations such as this.</p><p></p><p>Your child seems like a good boy and a good student. Why this teacher responded in this way baffles and angers me too. It would have been so easy to give him the benefit of the doubt, and helped to find a solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 667632, member: 18958"] First of all if your son had an IEP, what the teacher did would probably have been illegal. ADHD/Other Health Impaired is a qualifying condition for Special Education Services. You cannot punish or single out a student for any behaviors that may be linked to his or her qualifying condition. The first responsibility of that teacher, for every student, is to address responsibly barriers to learning, and to not jump first to a punitive and judgmental and harassing attitude. It seems reasonable to assume that this teacher is treating your child in the same way. There are school psychologists, counselors, a vice principal and principal who are paid to take responsibility to assist their students, instead of assuming the worst about them, and to take to task parents. I am fuming too. Save the letter. You have leverage. While I might take my child to the doctor and consider a sleep study, excessive sleepiness can be a symptom of depression, as can be poor sleep. If he is not sleeping at night, or with troubled sleep, of course he would be sleepy during the day. Or perhaps, his coping is affected by the depression as well. And he feels the need to withdraw. I was hesitant to tell the school about any psychiatric diagnosis. I do not trust them. I am sorry. I worked in schools. I saw how they are. You have enough leverage with the ADHD. My very brilliant son was Special Education, ADHD/Other Health Impaired throughout school. Believe me, no matter how brilliant my child was, I would consider an IEP, to protect him from this harassment. The designation was created for situations such as this. Your child seems like a good boy and a good student. Why this teacher responded in this way baffles and angers me too. It would have been so easy to give him the benefit of the doubt, and helped to find a solution. [/QUOTE]
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