IEP Struggles

[kellykay]

I think it is time for another doctors appointment to bring up everyones suggestions and see where we can go from there. He has no noticeable disabilities from the head injury so i guess thats why we all have a hard time with it. He has the anger issues and just recently found out he has no reasoning abilities. You cant reason with him very much. Other than that I dont know what area its affecting. His injury was to the back of his head but he had frontal lobe bleeding from the bounce his brain did when he hit. We spent a week at the very best hospital in Oregon for children and i was still not informed..of course i was going on no sleep lots of crying and didnt ask as many questions as i should have i guess. Thank you all so much for the help and suggestions! I feel like i am going in semi armed and have places to turn to if they dont resolve what is going on with this teacher! I have posted about it on my facebook and have found other parents with special needs children to be having issues with the same teacher. Thank you again!!! And what a great site!!!

[buddy]

He needs a brain injury clinic, somtimes they are called post concussion clinics. True, invisible disabilities like this are the worst! There are parents here who have ABI/TBI issues and they can tell you that is the truth. All of our kids who look "normal" have a hard road. People just dont get that they are seriously challenged. What you are saying about his symptoms does show he has a pretty significant injury and resulting impact on his life. He can learn lots of ways to help control his feelings and to work with his challenges. We can talk about all of that when you get to the next step! lol. hang tough. you are doing great.

[HaoZi]

If you're finding other parents having the same issues with same teacher, that alone tells you a ton. Perhaps you should all individually write letters of complaint to the principal and CC the local and state school boards and teacher association. Maybe she needs more training, maybe she just doesn't have the temperament for these kids (or possibly any, who knows). These kids need and deserve someone who gets it and can work with them.