Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Special Ed 101
difficult child behind in academics - what are his rights?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Superpsy" data-source="post: 219196" data-attributes="member: 5848"><p>butterflydreams, I take back what I said! It sounds like you were more than on the ball about this. For some reason school folks are generally hung-up about "the label." To "school folk" we don't like labels to follow kids from school to school and class to class....for parents, that's the point! =)</p><p> </p><p>Personally (and it's probably because I work in schools) I wouldn't go for an advocate as yet. I would wait until after the meeting on Monday. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I definitely agree with this. It seems like the time has passed for working with the school on this without an official process.</p><p> </p><p>As always, a word of caution, be business-like about the meeting. Be rational, not emotional. It may be helpful to focus on what the school can do now, NOT how they screwed this one up (although it should be mentioned- not in these terms though). "School folk" can become pretty defensive and close ranks pretty quickly if you insult them or rail at them (although they might deserve it!). It may be helpful to read <a href="http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/Letter_to_Stranger.html" target="_blank">THIS</a> before the meeting. Best of luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Superpsy, post: 219196, member: 5848"] butterflydreams, I take back what I said! It sounds like you were more than on the ball about this. For some reason school folks are generally hung-up about "the label." To "school folk" we don't like labels to follow kids from school to school and class to class....for parents, that's the point! =) Personally (and it's probably because I work in schools) I wouldn't go for an advocate as yet. I would wait until after the meeting on Monday. I definitely agree with this. It seems like the time has passed for working with the school on this without an official process. As always, a word of caution, be business-like about the meeting. Be rational, not emotional. It may be helpful to focus on what the school can do now, NOT how they screwed this one up (although it should be mentioned- not in these terms though). "School folk" can become pretty defensive and close ranks pretty quickly if you insult them or rail at them (although they might deserve it!). It may be helpful to read [URL="http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/Letter_to_Stranger.html"]THIS[/URL] before the meeting. Best of luck! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Special Ed 101
difficult child behind in academics - what are his rights?
Top