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7 year old called cops this morning !!!!!!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 607020" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>That hasn't been our experience, IC. I don't mean we didn't have to come up with our own answers for our home, but we did not succeed with our kids on our own. Sonic got a speech therapist, an occupational therapist, a physical therapist and a social skills coach plus special education and an aide free of cost at school. Likewise, Jumper got special education when she could not read and services also in school. Since neither child had behavioral problems outside of school (Sonic was pretty good by age five), we were fortunate enough not to have to deal with that too. However, Sonic was really WEIRD!!!! and he really knows how to act pretty much like other people now...lol.</p><p></p><p>In the US if you get the right IEP (and, yes, you must FIGHT for it), the school has to pay for it. The only cost, if your insurance doesn't cover it, is in the neuropsychologist testing. And it did cover ours so we were lucky. I'd say the US is unique this way. We have really crapola healthcare coverage, but our public schools have to provide free services for our special needs children, although often we have to fight to get the schools to comply. </p><p></p><p>Under those conditions, I do think the best thing to do is to try to utilize the services offered as well as learning as much as you can yourself. Of course, if medication is needed, parents can't prescribe it. And if your difficult child is violent or really badly acting out, I think it is out of our scope to be able to handle it alone. Our schools will send violent kids, no matter what the reason, to alternative schools when they are older. Sometimes even younger kids are taken out of school and put in alternative settings. Best to get the offered help and hope that between you and the school district and hopefully your therapist/psychiatrist your child can calm down and live a normal life. We, as parents, have no say in our kids being transferred if the children act out at school.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 607020, member: 1550"] That hasn't been our experience, IC. I don't mean we didn't have to come up with our own answers for our home, but we did not succeed with our kids on our own. Sonic got a speech therapist, an occupational therapist, a physical therapist and a social skills coach plus special education and an aide free of cost at school. Likewise, Jumper got special education when she could not read and services also in school. Since neither child had behavioral problems outside of school (Sonic was pretty good by age five), we were fortunate enough not to have to deal with that too. However, Sonic was really WEIRD!!!! and he really knows how to act pretty much like other people now...lol. In the US if you get the right IEP (and, yes, you must FIGHT for it), the school has to pay for it. The only cost, if your insurance doesn't cover it, is in the neuropsychologist testing. And it did cover ours so we were lucky. I'd say the US is unique this way. We have really crapola healthcare coverage, but our public schools have to provide free services for our special needs children, although often we have to fight to get the schools to comply. Under those conditions, I do think the best thing to do is to try to utilize the services offered as well as learning as much as you can yourself. Of course, if medication is needed, parents can't prescribe it. And if your difficult child is violent or really badly acting out, I think it is out of our scope to be able to handle it alone. Our schools will send violent kids, no matter what the reason, to alternative schools when they are older. Sometimes even younger kids are taken out of school and put in alternative settings. Best to get the offered help and hope that between you and the school district and hopefully your therapist/psychiatrist your child can calm down and live a normal life. We, as parents, have no say in our kids being transferred if the children act out at school. [/QUOTE]
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