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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 703956" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>This sounds so frustrating! It could have been such a great fit with a little consistency and some common sense! Texas homeschooling is a LOT easier than the state we used to live in.</p><p></p><p>Few kids act out for 'no reason'. That is an absolute fact. It may not be a reason that is obvious to an adult, but it will make sense to the child. My daughter still has what we call "J Logic" She can do things that seem totally incomprehensible, but if you ask her why, there WILL be a reason and it WILL make sense. It will likely make me laugh, or pull out my hair, but it will be there. Example: why did you (4 yo J) color the kitty's belly green with a marker? I wanted to practice coloring where you couldn't tell if I colored outside the lines. He is dark outside the white area, so you cannot see if I went outside the lines.</p><p></p><p>Now I STILL, 17 yrs later, have NO idea how she got him to lay still for that because he hated to have his belly touched, but he had a green belly for a week. I didn't know whether to laugh or pull out my hair over that one, but she did have a reason, didn't she? </p><p></p><p>Your son has a reason for what he does. The idiot school staff just are not smart enough to figure it out. Or to follow his IEP. If you can homeschool, it may be worth it. Especially if you can get involved with groups of others. School may just not be the right fit for him right now. Especially if they are teaching him that bad behavior gets rewarded. </p><p></p><p>I think I got lucky that my youngest didn't get ISS until he was in junior high and by then he was motivated enough to get good grades and stay out of trouble to keep from getting it again. He really really enjoyed ISS. I mean LOVED it. No one bugged him, or talked to him, or interrupted him when he was thinking or reading or daydreaming. They had to shake him out of a daydream to send him home or he would have missed his bus, lol. </p><p></p><p>You seem to have a pretty good handle on some of the problems the school is having. At least the ones they are creating. I think working with at least a private Occupational Therapist (OT) would be an excellent thing because he shows signs of some sensory issues, esp with large groups. I hope you continue to seek help for his challenges, and that time, maturity and learning at HIS pace help with the rest. </p><p></p><p>I wish I could say I was surprised that they didn't follow his IEP at all, or that they didn't spend any time with him. I know more than a few families who have moved from your state for the sole reason that the schools flat out refused, categorically, to follow the IEP that they fought for. I know families who were told to go ahead and sue the school, even if they won the school STILL was NOT going to implement the IEP any longer than it took for the people forcing them to do things to leave the building. Not just one case, but from families in Dallas and Fort Worth and Houston and Austin and in small towns around Texas. Generally they either end up moving or homeschooling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 703956, member: 1233"] This sounds so frustrating! It could have been such a great fit with a little consistency and some common sense! Texas homeschooling is a LOT easier than the state we used to live in. Few kids act out for 'no reason'. That is an absolute fact. It may not be a reason that is obvious to an adult, but it will make sense to the child. My daughter still has what we call "J Logic" She can do things that seem totally incomprehensible, but if you ask her why, there WILL be a reason and it WILL make sense. It will likely make me laugh, or pull out my hair, but it will be there. Example: why did you (4 yo J) color the kitty's belly green with a marker? I wanted to practice coloring where you couldn't tell if I colored outside the lines. He is dark outside the white area, so you cannot see if I went outside the lines. Now I STILL, 17 yrs later, have NO idea how she got him to lay still for that because he hated to have his belly touched, but he had a green belly for a week. I didn't know whether to laugh or pull out my hair over that one, but she did have a reason, didn't she? Your son has a reason for what he does. The idiot school staff just are not smart enough to figure it out. Or to follow his IEP. If you can homeschool, it may be worth it. Especially if you can get involved with groups of others. School may just not be the right fit for him right now. Especially if they are teaching him that bad behavior gets rewarded. I think I got lucky that my youngest didn't get ISS until he was in junior high and by then he was motivated enough to get good grades and stay out of trouble to keep from getting it again. He really really enjoyed ISS. I mean LOVED it. No one bugged him, or talked to him, or interrupted him when he was thinking or reading or daydreaming. They had to shake him out of a daydream to send him home or he would have missed his bus, lol. You seem to have a pretty good handle on some of the problems the school is having. At least the ones they are creating. I think working with at least a private Occupational Therapist (OT) would be an excellent thing because he shows signs of some sensory issues, esp with large groups. I hope you continue to seek help for his challenges, and that time, maturity and learning at HIS pace help with the rest. I wish I could say I was surprised that they didn't follow his IEP at all, or that they didn't spend any time with him. I know more than a few families who have moved from your state for the sole reason that the schools flat out refused, categorically, to follow the IEP that they fought for. I know families who were told to go ahead and sue the school, even if they won the school STILL was NOT going to implement the IEP any longer than it took for the people forcing them to do things to leave the building. Not just one case, but from families in Dallas and Fort Worth and Houston and Austin and in small towns around Texas. Generally they either end up moving or homeschooling. [/QUOTE]
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