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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 492102" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>An IEP is FAR more enforceable than a 504, so having that is a very good thing. My husband never said a word in an IEP meeting either, until my body broke and he had to do ALL the stuff for thank you's 504 (that was all thank you really needed). </p><p></p><p>Get an advocate. They are usually free to parents. If you contact the state board of ed you should be able to find out how to get one, otherwise google "parent advocate" and your state and you should be able to find one. You may also want to try IEP advocate or Special education advocate with your state name.</p><p></p><p>Start a Parent report if you don't have one. Update the one you have if you have one. A PR is a document that YOU create that tells EVERYTHING about your difficult child. Wise Warrior Moms before I came here devised an outline that is amazingly helpful. Follow the link in my signature to the thread that describes a PR and has the outline for it. It will be your most effective weapon because you will have every scrap and iota of info about difficult child at your fingertips and can then advocate for him far more effectively. It also helps fill out those very long forms at the doctor's office when they want a history of your child. those things drive me nuts, lol. By age 14 or so I make the kid help with them - they have to learn because as adults they will have to do them and it is their body not mine after all!</p><p></p><p>We did not have risperdal help with impulse issues. Wiz was on it for years and years. It helped him not be nearly as aggressive but he needed a different medication for impulse issues. I am not saying it might not help your child's impulse issues, just that it did not help mine.</p><p></p><p>I hope you can get the school to be more helpful and I would fight the detention on this issue because in my opinion the school is wrong. There is NO reason why one 8yo's word should be taken over another's. I know it happens, but no one was harmed by difficult child walking around lost except difficult child. Unless difficult child was bullying a child or hurting a child, the punishment is out of line. What punishment is the teacher getting for losing a child for that amt of time? Isn't it her JOB to keep the students together and in class except for occasional trips to the bathroom or office? Why didn't the teacher know where he was or ask the office to find him or make an announcement that he needed to join them in whatever room they were in? in my opinion this is as much a problem of poor teacher behavior as poor difficult child behavior. Why was difficult child not with the group when they went to lab in the first place? Was he in some type of pull out therapy like Occupational Therapist (OT)? If so, why didn't the adult in charge of that send him to the right place? Yes, difficult child needs to learn to go to the office, but the adults are supposed to keep track of the children at all times, aren't they?</p><p></p><p>I am willing to bet if you start asking why the teacher didn't know where he was you may get some interesting answers. This is just not an approp detention. I know that if difficult child doesn't see you united iwth the school then problems will happen, but I woudl still ask the hard questions like why the teacher didn't know where he was. What happens on field trips???? If she cannot keep track of them in the school, HOW will she do so in another setting? </p><p></p><p>I am sorry that the teacher is such a bad fit for him. As for the books she is using, why can't she just let you get the ISBN numbers once a week if you can pick up difficult child at school? Then you can go to various used book sites and get them for a sm amt of $$. I do this with thank you's books because otherwise his backpack weighs in excess of 50 lbs and that is just way way way too much. Backpacks should be 10% of body weight or less according to our doctor and my child does NOT weigh 500 lbs! We actually weighed his backpack at 57lbs the second week of school, then I ordered his textbooks online. I can give you used book sites that are very helpful if you want them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 492102, member: 1233"] An IEP is FAR more enforceable than a 504, so having that is a very good thing. My husband never said a word in an IEP meeting either, until my body broke and he had to do ALL the stuff for thank you's 504 (that was all thank you really needed). Get an advocate. They are usually free to parents. If you contact the state board of ed you should be able to find out how to get one, otherwise google "parent advocate" and your state and you should be able to find one. You may also want to try IEP advocate or Special education advocate with your state name. Start a Parent report if you don't have one. Update the one you have if you have one. A PR is a document that YOU create that tells EVERYTHING about your difficult child. Wise Warrior Moms before I came here devised an outline that is amazingly helpful. Follow the link in my signature to the thread that describes a PR and has the outline for it. It will be your most effective weapon because you will have every scrap and iota of info about difficult child at your fingertips and can then advocate for him far more effectively. It also helps fill out those very long forms at the doctor's office when they want a history of your child. those things drive me nuts, lol. By age 14 or so I make the kid help with them - they have to learn because as adults they will have to do them and it is their body not mine after all! We did not have risperdal help with impulse issues. Wiz was on it for years and years. It helped him not be nearly as aggressive but he needed a different medication for impulse issues. I am not saying it might not help your child's impulse issues, just that it did not help mine. I hope you can get the school to be more helpful and I would fight the detention on this issue because in my opinion the school is wrong. There is NO reason why one 8yo's word should be taken over another's. I know it happens, but no one was harmed by difficult child walking around lost except difficult child. Unless difficult child was bullying a child or hurting a child, the punishment is out of line. What punishment is the teacher getting for losing a child for that amt of time? Isn't it her JOB to keep the students together and in class except for occasional trips to the bathroom or office? Why didn't the teacher know where he was or ask the office to find him or make an announcement that he needed to join them in whatever room they were in? in my opinion this is as much a problem of poor teacher behavior as poor difficult child behavior. Why was difficult child not with the group when they went to lab in the first place? Was he in some type of pull out therapy like Occupational Therapist (OT)? If so, why didn't the adult in charge of that send him to the right place? Yes, difficult child needs to learn to go to the office, but the adults are supposed to keep track of the children at all times, aren't they? I am willing to bet if you start asking why the teacher didn't know where he was you may get some interesting answers. This is just not an approp detention. I know that if difficult child doesn't see you united iwth the school then problems will happen, but I woudl still ask the hard questions like why the teacher didn't know where he was. What happens on field trips???? If she cannot keep track of them in the school, HOW will she do so in another setting? I am sorry that the teacher is such a bad fit for him. As for the books she is using, why can't she just let you get the ISBN numbers once a week if you can pick up difficult child at school? Then you can go to various used book sites and get them for a sm amt of $$. I do this with thank you's books because otherwise his backpack weighs in excess of 50 lbs and that is just way way way too much. Backpacks should be 10% of body weight or less according to our doctor and my child does NOT weigh 500 lbs! We actually weighed his backpack at 57lbs the second week of school, then I ordered his textbooks online. I can give you used book sites that are very helpful if you want them. [/QUOTE]
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