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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 130931" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I sent this email this morning. They responded back that they would let me know something tomorrow. Do you think I've made things worse for difficult child?</p><p></p><p>"difficult child receives a small bonus on his weekly allowance when he identifies a legitimate concern or problem that interferes with his ability to do what he is supposed to do and brings it to the attention of an appropriate authority figure, rather than "giving up" or doing something impulsive out of frustration. He gets a little more of a bonus if he proposes a solution and asks permission to implement it.</p><p> </p><p>He brought to my attention that it is increasingly difficult to accomplish everything that is expected of him during study hall. He needed to go to the library and work on the health project last week, which apparently he did. Mrs. XXX had also expected him to go to the library and work on the science project. On top of that, the study hall teacher that he currently has expects him to make up any of her assignments and quizzes that are missed due to going to the library or Mr. YYY's class. I think this is a valid concern and I am proud of difficult child for initiating this discussion. His proposed solution is to switch to Mr. YYY's study hall class (learning strategies), if he can still use that time to work on other class assignments. He says he might not need it permanently, but needs it for this quarter. I find this to be a good solution, if it is acceptable to you. If it is, please let me know if I need to stop by the school to sign this amendment to his IEP. I rememb er that we discussed the possibility of him being in learning startegies rather than study hall during an IEP meeting at the beginning of the year, so hopefully, this won't be a problem.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding social studies, it appears that there has been improvement lately and that the collaborative teacher might be helping some with this. So, as long as this is working for difficult child and Mrs. ZZZ, I'm happy.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding science, there seems to be an increasing tension there. difficult child did the entire power point presentation for the project this weekend. I could have taken him to the library to work on it last weekend but the assignment had not been written in his agenda (it's in his IEP that assignments are written and checked) until Thursday and difficult child did not tell me about it before then- Mrs. XXX said it was still expected tomorrow. The bigger problem, however, appears to be Mrs. XXX's fear or general dislike, or something else pertaining to difficult child that I am not sure can be changed. I say this because she felt it worth reporting things like seeing something red on his notebook (so she believed it was blood and apparently doubted him when he told her it was paint), he took a shoe off and dropped it one day at the end of class, and he made a pretend genetic makeup of "his" baby (which was an assignment) and called it evil. I wasn't there so obviously, I don't know the context that was said in, but it could have meant nothing more than a typical boy's joking around. If it did mean more than that, I take it as a reflection of how difficult child feels about himself, at least during this class. It is very possible, actually probable, that he has picked up on her attitude toward him. And, it is clearly class-specific because this sort of tension is not apparent in any other class. This clearly is not a good situation for him and is very likely to have a negative impact on how well he has been doing. Furthermore, it still doesn't appear that the collaborative teacher is assisting at all in any of this- the only thing I have heard that she has done is to take a broken pencil away from difficult child. I haven't heard about her doing anything to assist with the failing grade he has had on both marking periods.</p><p> </p><p>If you think it would help for me to meet with Mrs. XXX and answer any questions she might have regarding difficult child, I will be happy to do so. As you know, I have requested that the school system provide a specialist to do an FBA- maybe he/she could also help put some of the teachers' fears to rest, if this request is granted. But, I'm sure this won't happen very soon so I do think that difficult child should be switched out of Mrs. XXX's class. I don't see anything positive coming from the current situation, academicly or behavior wise, and unless she is able to change her focus; I think it is going to quickly lead difficult child to a downhill spiral. Also, I don't think he can possibly pass science if he stays in her class. That is unfortunate since he has scored "advanced" in this subject before. Please let me know if you believe a meeting with her will turn things around, quickly, or what it will take to get difficult child changed to a different science class. I cannot stress enough to you that I am very concerned about the impact of the current situation on difficult child's mental and emotional well-being. </p><p> </p><p>Thank you for working through this,"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 130931, member: 3699"] I sent this email this morning. They responded back that they would let me know something tomorrow. Do you think I've made things worse for difficult child? "difficult child receives a small bonus on his weekly allowance when he identifies a legitimate concern or problem that interferes with his ability to do what he is supposed to do and brings it to the attention of an appropriate authority figure, rather than "giving up" or doing something impulsive out of frustration. He gets a little more of a bonus if he proposes a solution and asks permission to implement it. He brought to my attention that it is increasingly difficult to accomplish everything that is expected of him during study hall. He needed to go to the library and work on the health project last week, which apparently he did. Mrs. XXX had also expected him to go to the library and work on the science project. On top of that, the study hall teacher that he currently has expects him to make up any of her assignments and quizzes that are missed due to going to the library or Mr. YYY's class. I think this is a valid concern and I am proud of difficult child for initiating this discussion. His proposed solution is to switch to Mr. YYY's study hall class (learning strategies), if he can still use that time to work on other class assignments. He says he might not need it permanently, but needs it for this quarter. I find this to be a good solution, if it is acceptable to you. If it is, please let me know if I need to stop by the school to sign this amendment to his IEP. I rememb er that we discussed the possibility of him being in learning startegies rather than study hall during an IEP meeting at the beginning of the year, so hopefully, this won't be a problem. Regarding social studies, it appears that there has been improvement lately and that the collaborative teacher might be helping some with this. So, as long as this is working for difficult child and Mrs. ZZZ, I'm happy. Regarding science, there seems to be an increasing tension there. difficult child did the entire power point presentation for the project this weekend. I could have taken him to the library to work on it last weekend but the assignment had not been written in his agenda (it's in his IEP that assignments are written and checked) until Thursday and difficult child did not tell me about it before then- Mrs. XXX said it was still expected tomorrow. The bigger problem, however, appears to be Mrs. XXX's fear or general dislike, or something else pertaining to difficult child that I am not sure can be changed. I say this because she felt it worth reporting things like seeing something red on his notebook (so she believed it was blood and apparently doubted him when he told her it was paint), he took a shoe off and dropped it one day at the end of class, and he made a pretend genetic makeup of "his" baby (which was an assignment) and called it evil. I wasn't there so obviously, I don't know the context that was said in, but it could have meant nothing more than a typical boy's joking around. If it did mean more than that, I take it as a reflection of how difficult child feels about himself, at least during this class. It is very possible, actually probable, that he has picked up on her attitude toward him. And, it is clearly class-specific because this sort of tension is not apparent in any other class. This clearly is not a good situation for him and is very likely to have a negative impact on how well he has been doing. Furthermore, it still doesn't appear that the collaborative teacher is assisting at all in any of this- the only thing I have heard that she has done is to take a broken pencil away from difficult child. I haven't heard about her doing anything to assist with the failing grade he has had on both marking periods. If you think it would help for me to meet with Mrs. XXX and answer any questions she might have regarding difficult child, I will be happy to do so. As you know, I have requested that the school system provide a specialist to do an FBA- maybe he/she could also help put some of the teachers' fears to rest, if this request is granted. But, I'm sure this won't happen very soon so I do think that difficult child should be switched out of Mrs. XXX's class. I don't see anything positive coming from the current situation, academicly or behavior wise, and unless she is able to change her focus; I think it is going to quickly lead difficult child to a downhill spiral. Also, I don't think he can possibly pass science if he stays in her class. That is unfortunate since he has scored "advanced" in this subject before. Please let me know if you believe a meeting with her will turn things around, quickly, or what it will take to get difficult child changed to a different science class. I cannot stress enough to you that I am very concerned about the impact of the current situation on difficult child's mental and emotional well-being. Thank you for working through this," [/QUOTE]
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