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psychiatric said she was at a disadvantage because of smarts
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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 79140" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>JJJ's advice is very important. By sending this letter (CERTIFIED MAIL) almost all of the protections granted to IEP eligible students kick in immediately. Otherwise, you little girl is still subject to regular discipline and can be suspended long term and even expelled when she explodes at school and hits. All this protection of law for the cost of a certified letter is one of life's great values in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>Tell them your difficult child has a disabling problem with emotional/behavioral control that will have a negative impact on her making adequate progress WITHIN the regular education classroom.</p><p></p><p>The last phrase is important because a child such as yours could continue to make educational progress if tutored 1:1. However, the "normal" place for her to be is the general ed. classroom, and she will not stay there long without services to address her explosive behavior if it continues as you describe. in my opinion a child so intensely disliking school at such a young age is a negative predictor, so act now...</p><p></p><p>My ex-difficult child was not explosive at school, but he was very ODD in a passive way. He drove everyone nuts but did "nothing" that would bring disciplinary action. (I live in a very homework lax district for young kids--he never did any, but so what, they did not care) Until 5th grade, they used the "we don't see the behavior at school, and he's not negatively impacted educationally..." due to be at to way above grade level. Then the day he set foot in middle school, everything he did at home moved to school: he developed school refusal, would not go into the cafeteria, was bullied, you name it, it happened in 6th grade. I got him qualified to protect him legally. It kept him in public school 2.5 more years (half time.) Eventually, he could not live at home and went to EGBS for 15 months, and then he went to private high schools. Public school is not for everyone, but I am glad he attended through 8th grade because it is normalizing. As you will see from my signature, he is an unusual person, and his struggles with school personnel not liking his intense interest in music was part of the problem, so it is not good to generalize too much from my experiences.</p><p></p><p>However, I do resonate to your difficulties with a bright kindergartener. It is harder to get services, but not impossible, and your child deserves to be in the LRE. I believe she will need help to have that be the gen. ed. classroom. My son was never in any "special class" showing that Special Education is a service not a place.</p><p></p><p>Best to you,</p><p></p><p>Martie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 79140, member: 284"] Hi, JJJ's advice is very important. By sending this letter (CERTIFIED MAIL) almost all of the protections granted to IEP eligible students kick in immediately. Otherwise, you little girl is still subject to regular discipline and can be suspended long term and even expelled when she explodes at school and hits. All this protection of law for the cost of a certified letter is one of life's great values in my opinion. Tell them your difficult child has a disabling problem with emotional/behavioral control that will have a negative impact on her making adequate progress WITHIN the regular education classroom. The last phrase is important because a child such as yours could continue to make educational progress if tutored 1:1. However, the "normal" place for her to be is the general ed. classroom, and she will not stay there long without services to address her explosive behavior if it continues as you describe. in my opinion a child so intensely disliking school at such a young age is a negative predictor, so act now... My ex-difficult child was not explosive at school, but he was very ODD in a passive way. He drove everyone nuts but did "nothing" that would bring disciplinary action. (I live in a very homework lax district for young kids--he never did any, but so what, they did not care) Until 5th grade, they used the "we don't see the behavior at school, and he's not negatively impacted educationally..." due to be at to way above grade level. Then the day he set foot in middle school, everything he did at home moved to school: he developed school refusal, would not go into the cafeteria, was bullied, you name it, it happened in 6th grade. I got him qualified to protect him legally. It kept him in public school 2.5 more years (half time.) Eventually, he could not live at home and went to EGBS for 15 months, and then he went to private high schools. Public school is not for everyone, but I am glad he attended through 8th grade because it is normalizing. As you will see from my signature, he is an unusual person, and his struggles with school personnel not liking his intense interest in music was part of the problem, so it is not good to generalize too much from my experiences. However, I do resonate to your difficulties with a bright kindergartener. It is harder to get services, but not impossible, and your child deserves to be in the LRE. I believe she will need help to have that be the gen. ed. classroom. My son was never in any "special class" showing that Special Education is a service not a place. Best to you, Martie [/QUOTE]
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