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School psychiatric wants me to withdraw MDE (UPDATE)
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<blockquote data-quote="TiredSoul" data-source="post: 86033" data-attributes="member: 3930"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Children with-behavioral or academic problems are labeled informally by educators, peers, et al, as willful, mean, lazy, indifferent, and/or undisciplined, etc., and tend to be isolated, ignored, punitively punished and more which creates a whole other set of problems. A formal "label" can open doors to the help your child get what he needs in school.</p><p></div></div></p><p></p><p>Sheila, I agree with this completely. I would rather have him labeled ODD/ADHD or whatever, than a brat.</p><p></p><p> <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> This could be a bit of a fishing expedition, e.g., how much does mom know about special education rights and responsibilities?, is she committed to taking this issue to a higher level if it's not resolved within the district?, etc.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't call to discuss your point of view; I'd respond in an email to get an appointment scheduled.</p><p></div></div></p><p></p><p>I agree with this also. Definitely a fishing expedition. I am careful to have things in writing and if I do meet with him, it won't be alone.</p><p></p><p> <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> If you decide to go forward, just stick to the facts: </p><p></p><p>My perspective is:</p><p>*there are behavior or academic problems based on feedback from educators via formal and/or informal meetings/calls/discipline issues. We have suspected something is not right with-difficult child since he was about 12 months old.</p><p>*We've come to learn that early identification and intervention is important.</p><p>*parent opinion that an evaluation needs to be done to identify underlying problems</p><p>*IDEA says that a sd must evaluate if a disability is suspected,</p><p>*sd personnel suspects there is a disability.</p><p></div></div></p><p></p><p>You got it exactly right!</p><p></p><p>I will take the weekend to think about things and decide what to do. In my opinion, the director should be looking into things to see if they were handled properly with or without me asking him to.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for everything and have a peaceful weekend!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TiredSoul, post: 86033, member: 3930"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Children with-behavioral or academic problems are labeled informally by educators, peers, et al, as willful, mean, lazy, indifferent, and/or undisciplined, etc., and tend to be isolated, ignored, punitively punished and more which creates a whole other set of problems. A formal "label" can open doors to the help your child get what he needs in school. </div></div> Sheila, I agree with this completely. I would rather have him labeled ODD/ADHD or whatever, than a brat. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> This could be a bit of a fishing expedition, e.g., how much does mom know about special education rights and responsibilities?, is she committed to taking this issue to a higher level if it's not resolved within the district?, etc. I wouldn't call to discuss your point of view; I'd respond in an email to get an appointment scheduled. </div></div> I agree with this also. Definitely a fishing expedition. I am careful to have things in writing and if I do meet with him, it won't be alone. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> If you decide to go forward, just stick to the facts: My perspective is: *there are behavior or academic problems based on feedback from educators via formal and/or informal meetings/calls/discipline issues. We have suspected something is not right with-difficult child since he was about 12 months old. *We've come to learn that early identification and intervention is important. *parent opinion that an evaluation needs to be done to identify underlying problems *IDEA says that a sd must evaluate if a disability is suspected, *sd personnel suspects there is a disability. </div></div> You got it exactly right! I will take the weekend to think about things and decide what to do. In my opinion, the director should be looking into things to see if they were handled properly with or without me asking him to. Thanks for everything and have a peaceful weekend! [/QUOTE]
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