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thoughts on switching to a school for ADHD/Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/ODD kids
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<blockquote data-quote="HowMuchLonger" data-source="post: 411416" data-attributes="member: 11280"><p>I have no expert advice for you on this one, but have been considering this myself. I'm on the fence because I'm wondering if putting him into a situation with a bunch of other kids just like him will cause him to pick up even worse behaviours. My difficult child 3 is very intelligent and putting academics on a back burner is a concern...which I'm pretty sure putting him into a specialized school would do. He just finished an out of school placement where academics were put totally on hold and behaviours and social skills were the main topics. So he's now 6 weeks behind the rest of his class and we have to catch him up at home (which is already a big bone of contention getting him to do homework even though he's smart and "gets it"). difficult child 3 is a big follower and he already picked up some inappropriate ideas from the placement with 6 other kids with similar diagnosis's. For example there was an older girl (she's 11 almost 12, difficult child 3 is 9) who apparently already "plays the field". She was the only girl in the class and "dated" each and every boy in the class during the 6 weeks, including my son. 9 is FAR too young to be dating - although i'm sure it was all fairly innocent, he never really talked about dating before starting this program. And considering the age gap between the two kids, i'm sure little miss 11 year old knew far more than difficult child 3. Now that he's returned to his home school, we've already had a problem with the dating situation...enough that the teacher had to write a note home and phone me about it as it was interferring with in class learning. Luckily it was something as low-key as "dating", my concern is what if it had been something more intense like drugs, smoking, drinking etc</p><p></p><p>I don't know the answer for you and your situtation, heck, or even mine for that matter, but I hope you can get some help and make a good decision for you and yours.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HowMuchLonger, post: 411416, member: 11280"] I have no expert advice for you on this one, but have been considering this myself. I'm on the fence because I'm wondering if putting him into a situation with a bunch of other kids just like him will cause him to pick up even worse behaviours. My difficult child 3 is very intelligent and putting academics on a back burner is a concern...which I'm pretty sure putting him into a specialized school would do. He just finished an out of school placement where academics were put totally on hold and behaviours and social skills were the main topics. So he's now 6 weeks behind the rest of his class and we have to catch him up at home (which is already a big bone of contention getting him to do homework even though he's smart and "gets it"). difficult child 3 is a big follower and he already picked up some inappropriate ideas from the placement with 6 other kids with similar diagnosis's. For example there was an older girl (she's 11 almost 12, difficult child 3 is 9) who apparently already "plays the field". She was the only girl in the class and "dated" each and every boy in the class during the 6 weeks, including my son. 9 is FAR too young to be dating - although i'm sure it was all fairly innocent, he never really talked about dating before starting this program. And considering the age gap between the two kids, i'm sure little miss 11 year old knew far more than difficult child 3. Now that he's returned to his home school, we've already had a problem with the dating situation...enough that the teacher had to write a note home and phone me about it as it was interferring with in class learning. Luckily it was something as low-key as "dating", my concern is what if it had been something more intense like drugs, smoking, drinking etc I don't know the answer for you and your situtation, heck, or even mine for that matter, but I hope you can get some help and make a good decision for you and yours. [/QUOTE]
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