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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 215747" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>My son ended up repeating 9th grade this year. He didn't get enough credits at his private school last year to advance to 10th grade when we switched him over to the public school system. We thought his self-esteem was going to take a huge hit, but in some ways there was relief on his part because he doesn't feel so pressured. In his current ED program, no one knew him before so no one knew he repeated a year. Furthermore, he's pretty immature socially so being with 9th graders hasn't made a huge difference.</p><p> </p><p>That, of course, doesn't help you, but I don't think you should worry about him failing 8th grade. If you can't get him to school, then the school needs to help you. You need to call an IEP meeting and brainstorm with the IEP team some ways to get him into the building. Will someone (like the school counselor) come out to your house to talk with difficult child about his responsibility for getting to school? You should also call the psychiatrist and therapist every day he doesn't make it to school to document your difficulties. Everytime my son missed school for other-than-illness-related absences, his psychiatrist required him to come to his office to talk about it. Maybe that's an option for you, too.</p><p> </p><p>Last idea: Can your difficult child be put back in a bracelet so you don't have to be there babysitting him when he misses school?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 215747, member: 2423"] My son ended up repeating 9th grade this year. He didn't get enough credits at his private school last year to advance to 10th grade when we switched him over to the public school system. We thought his self-esteem was going to take a huge hit, but in some ways there was relief on his part because he doesn't feel so pressured. In his current ED program, no one knew him before so no one knew he repeated a year. Furthermore, he's pretty immature socially so being with 9th graders hasn't made a huge difference. That, of course, doesn't help you, but I don't think you should worry about him failing 8th grade. If you can't get him to school, then the school needs to help you. You need to call an IEP meeting and brainstorm with the IEP team some ways to get him into the building. Will someone (like the school counselor) come out to your house to talk with difficult child about his responsibility for getting to school? You should also call the psychiatrist and therapist every day he doesn't make it to school to document your difficulties. Everytime my son missed school for other-than-illness-related absences, his psychiatrist required him to come to his office to talk about it. Maybe that's an option for you, too. Last idea: Can your difficult child be put back in a bracelet so you don't have to be there babysitting him when he misses school? [/QUOTE]
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