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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember1" data-source="post: 751814" data-attributes="member: 23706"><p>Oh, I get it. I would still hire a lawyer. Schools have to deal with all kinds of special needs, including behavioral problems. Let the lawyer deal with the school. They don't listen to parents. All that sending your son home is hurting him. They cant tell a lawyer who knows the law that he gets no help because of his grades. That is incorrect. Your son is only in first grade. Eventually missing all this school due to his behavior will effect his grades. Don't wait until things get worse.</p><p></p><p>Who oversees your son's therapist? Nothing against therapists, but they lack the education of a psychiatrist, who is a medical doctor, or a neuropsychologist who has a PhD in psychology with extra training in the function of the brain. A therapist, at best, has a Masters but no medical training. I don't believe they are legally allowed to diagnose.</p><p></p><p>When was the last time that your son had a total academic/behavioral evaluation by a top level professional? I suggest an update. If I had a do over, I would have my Kay completely evaluated in a very intensive way by both a psychiatrist and a neuropsychologist. We did neither. We are sorry. I believe it may have made a huge difference in her life had she been correctly evaluated in all areas and given the proper interventions as a young child. We started too late and she would not cooperate by the time we suddenly panicked big time. In therapy, in some states, a twelve year old can refuse treatment. I find this crazy, but it's true.</p><p></p><p>I do care about you and your son. I think we all do because we have struggled with our kids, many from a very young age, and many of us were told it wasn't that bad. Or we thought it would get better. Or we were afraid to know. We were afraid to know. We look back and are sorry that we waited until high school, when things were out of control with Kay, before we realized that the school folks were never going to give Kay what she needed and we contacted a lawyer. Bad on us.</p><p></p><p>I hope you get more proactive outside of your son's school district, but hold them accountable. Get an education lawyer. Don't let the school sell your son short just because schools don't like to spend money. Thats why they don't like to give our kids help. Your son probably needs an Aide and they really should offer one. But they hate to pay. A kid who pulls his pants down should have an Aide with him. He has a right to a free and appropriate education that meets his needs.</p><p></p><p>Keep working. We need to have an identity and life apart from our kids. I thank God every day that my husband and I started our business, which kept us very busy, or both of us may have lost our minds with Kay and her constant drama. Be sure to do things for yourself too. You can't help your son, if you don't make sure you are healthy too!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember1, post: 751814, member: 23706"] Oh, I get it. I would still hire a lawyer. Schools have to deal with all kinds of special needs, including behavioral problems. Let the lawyer deal with the school. They don't listen to parents. All that sending your son home is hurting him. They cant tell a lawyer who knows the law that he gets no help because of his grades. That is incorrect. Your son is only in first grade. Eventually missing all this school due to his behavior will effect his grades. Don't wait until things get worse. Who oversees your son's therapist? Nothing against therapists, but they lack the education of a psychiatrist, who is a medical doctor, or a neuropsychologist who has a PhD in psychology with extra training in the function of the brain. A therapist, at best, has a Masters but no medical training. I don't believe they are legally allowed to diagnose. When was the last time that your son had a total academic/behavioral evaluation by a top level professional? I suggest an update. If I had a do over, I would have my Kay completely evaluated in a very intensive way by both a psychiatrist and a neuropsychologist. We did neither. We are sorry. I believe it may have made a huge difference in her life had she been correctly evaluated in all areas and given the proper interventions as a young child. We started too late and she would not cooperate by the time we suddenly panicked big time. In therapy, in some states, a twelve year old can refuse treatment. I find this crazy, but it's true. I do care about you and your son. I think we all do because we have struggled with our kids, many from a very young age, and many of us were told it wasn't that bad. Or we thought it would get better. Or we were afraid to know. We were afraid to know. We look back and are sorry that we waited until high school, when things were out of control with Kay, before we realized that the school folks were never going to give Kay what she needed and we contacted a lawyer. Bad on us. I hope you get more proactive outside of your son's school district, but hold them accountable. Get an education lawyer. Don't let the school sell your son short just because schools don't like to spend money. Thats why they don't like to give our kids help. Your son probably needs an Aide and they really should offer one. But they hate to pay. A kid who pulls his pants down should have an Aide with him. He has a right to a free and appropriate education that meets his needs. Keep working. We need to have an identity and life apart from our kids. I thank God every day that my husband and I started our business, which kept us very busy, or both of us may have lost our minds with Kay and her constant drama. Be sure to do things for yourself too. You can't help your son, if you don't make sure you are healthy too! [/QUOTE]
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