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Why is it that teachers have such a hard time with communication?
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 231450" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Teachers, I've found, are human and are not perfect. I've had my share of disappointments from them being unable to check difficult child 2's planner to not being able to remind him to take his medications at lunch time.</p><p> </p><p>Just as I forget things and am sometimes inconsistent, teachers can be that way too.</p><p> </p><p>To counteract this "humanness", I use the phone or email as frequently as necessary to get the action I need from them. I am very nice about it, but very persistent.</p><p> </p><p>difficult child 2 started having to take medications at lunchtime in early October. I tried sending him to school with an alarm watch (he didn't always remember to wear it or couldn't find it). I tried having the school nurse (who's only there three days a week) remind him. She did her best. I asked the teachers to remind him. They said they'd TRY. Try? I thought, what if he were diabetic? Try would be unacceptable. Despite all these adults supposedly working to remind him, there were usually two to three days out of the week where he forgot his afternoon medications. And that messed him up for the rest of the day.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, in November at conference time, I sat down with both teachers and explained the consequences of difficult child missing his medications or even being late with his medications. It meant he would be unstable that day and very likely into the next. I equated it to pain medications -- if you don't keep them at a certain level, it's much harder to get the pain back under control.</p><p> </p><p>They finally got it, and now he's being reminded DAILY to go take his medications at lunch.</p><p> </p><p>SO I guess my whole point here is to work with these people by being persistently and pleasantly in their face about things that need to happen that aren't. They are part of your difficult child's team and they all need to be good team players with a good attitude for him to succeed. Your job is like the coach who makes sure everyone is on the same page and working hard for your difficult child. Teachers don't want their students to fail, either. The majority of them are doing this because they LIKE kids and want them to succeed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 231450, member: 3444"] Teachers, I've found, are human and are not perfect. I've had my share of disappointments from them being unable to check difficult child 2's planner to not being able to remind him to take his medications at lunch time. Just as I forget things and am sometimes inconsistent, teachers can be that way too. To counteract this "humanness", I use the phone or email as frequently as necessary to get the action I need from them. I am very nice about it, but very persistent. difficult child 2 started having to take medications at lunchtime in early October. I tried sending him to school with an alarm watch (he didn't always remember to wear it or couldn't find it). I tried having the school nurse (who's only there three days a week) remind him. She did her best. I asked the teachers to remind him. They said they'd TRY. Try? I thought, what if he were diabetic? Try would be unacceptable. Despite all these adults supposedly working to remind him, there were usually two to three days out of the week where he forgot his afternoon medications. And that messed him up for the rest of the day. Finally, in November at conference time, I sat down with both teachers and explained the consequences of difficult child missing his medications or even being late with his medications. It meant he would be unstable that day and very likely into the next. I equated it to pain medications -- if you don't keep them at a certain level, it's much harder to get the pain back under control. They finally got it, and now he's being reminded DAILY to go take his medications at lunch. SO I guess my whole point here is to work with these people by being persistently and pleasantly in their face about things that need to happen that aren't. They are part of your difficult child's team and they all need to be good team players with a good attitude for him to succeed. Your job is like the coach who makes sure everyone is on the same page and working hard for your difficult child. Teachers don't want their students to fail, either. The majority of them are doing this because they LIKE kids and want them to succeed. [/QUOTE]
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