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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 511816"><p>First off, do NOT let a simple pediatrician prescribe or manage mental health medications. They have NO CLUE what they're doing. You need to find a Child Psychiatrist for that. Having a pediatrician do it is a disaster in the making.</p><p></p><p>I agree that TODAY you need to write a letter to the school Principal as well as their Director of Special Education. Tell them you want him "THOROUGHLY evaluated for special education services including but not limited to academic, psychological, behavioral, Occupational Therapy, and Speech evaluations." Mail it Certified Mail with Return Receipt Requested. This puts them on a federal timeline to evaluate every aspect they can and come up with a plan to help your son in school instead of calling you all the time. It is called an IEP and you can look through the SpEd 101 archives here for more information. It also puts certain protections in there for him when he does have behaviors. Do they usually ask you to take him home when these things happen? If they do, it is called a suspension and by requesting an evaluation and getting an IEP in place it limits how many times they can do this and steps they HAVE to follow.</p><p></p><p>If you can swing it, get the books HaoZi and Buddy recommended and also find an Occupational Therapist of your own to do a THOROUGH evaluation on him. You might be amazed. The school Occupational Therapist (OT) will only look at things that impact his education. An outside Occupational Therapist (OT) will look at everything that affects him everywhere.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to our little corner of the world. Be easy on yourself. None of us really understood a lot of this stuff until it was dealt to us. You're doing GREAT if you're looking for ways to help him. THAT is going to help you both the most. Don't ever blame yourself for any of this. There is a LOT of hope for him. He's young yet so there is a lot than can be done to help him. We'll try to put you on the right road and help you stay on it and support you as you do it.</p><p></p><p>{{{{(((HUGS)))}}}} to you and your little guy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 511816"] First off, do NOT let a simple pediatrician prescribe or manage mental health medications. They have NO CLUE what they're doing. You need to find a Child Psychiatrist for that. Having a pediatrician do it is a disaster in the making. I agree that TODAY you need to write a letter to the school Principal as well as their Director of Special Education. Tell them you want him "THOROUGHLY evaluated for special education services including but not limited to academic, psychological, behavioral, Occupational Therapy, and Speech evaluations." Mail it Certified Mail with Return Receipt Requested. This puts them on a federal timeline to evaluate every aspect they can and come up with a plan to help your son in school instead of calling you all the time. It is called an IEP and you can look through the SpEd 101 archives here for more information. It also puts certain protections in there for him when he does have behaviors. Do they usually ask you to take him home when these things happen? If they do, it is called a suspension and by requesting an evaluation and getting an IEP in place it limits how many times they can do this and steps they HAVE to follow. If you can swing it, get the books HaoZi and Buddy recommended and also find an Occupational Therapist of your own to do a THOROUGH evaluation on him. You might be amazed. The school Occupational Therapist (OT) will only look at things that impact his education. An outside Occupational Therapist (OT) will look at everything that affects him everywhere. Welcome to our little corner of the world. Be easy on yourself. None of us really understood a lot of this stuff until it was dealt to us. You're doing GREAT if you're looking for ways to help him. THAT is going to help you both the most. Don't ever blame yourself for any of this. There is a LOT of hope for him. He's young yet so there is a lot than can be done to help him. We'll try to put you on the right road and help you stay on it and support you as you do it. {{{{(((HUGS)))}}}} to you and your little guy. [/QUOTE]
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