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6 year old son keeps getting kicked out of school
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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 698570" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Hi kim. I read your post with a sinking heart. A six year old obviously (to me) doesn't do what your son is doing because he is "naughty" and needs to be disciplined. Our approach to and understanding of special needs still seems so crude, so unsophisticated. Just an intuition, but could it be the big class sizes that are freaking him out? Running away is a response of fear, a statement that he cannot cope, isn't it? As he is clearly bright, is he able to verbalise his feelings at all, explain why he wants to run away?</p><p></p><p>Is there any possibility that you could change him to a SMALL private school that will "get" that he has special needs, as yet undefined? Perhaps you need to keep him in the public system to get an IEP? I am outside the States so do not know how things work. As to diagnosis, you do of course need a thorough assessment and soon. My son is ADHD and he doesn't sound very much like your son - for whatever that is worth, which is not very much <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Diagnoses cannot be given over the internet, sight unseen.</p><p></p><p>Good luck. I hope help and understanding come your way soonish rather than later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 698570, member: 11227"] Hi kim. I read your post with a sinking heart. A six year old obviously (to me) doesn't do what your son is doing because he is "naughty" and needs to be disciplined. Our approach to and understanding of special needs still seems so crude, so unsophisticated. Just an intuition, but could it be the big class sizes that are freaking him out? Running away is a response of fear, a statement that he cannot cope, isn't it? As he is clearly bright, is he able to verbalise his feelings at all, explain why he wants to run away? Is there any possibility that you could change him to a SMALL private school that will "get" that he has special needs, as yet undefined? Perhaps you need to keep him in the public system to get an IEP? I am outside the States so do not know how things work. As to diagnosis, you do of course need a thorough assessment and soon. My son is ADHD and he doesn't sound very much like your son - for whatever that is worth, which is not very much :) Diagnoses cannot be given over the internet, sight unseen. Good luck. I hope help and understanding come your way soonish rather than later. [/QUOTE]
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