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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 118082" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>From the school's point of view - why do a different IEP, she's still the same kid? That would be their thinking. You need to hammer home - the previous IEP wasn't working anyway, PLUS there now is a better understanding of her needs, hence the need to finally GET IT RIGHT, now there are better signposts.</p><p></p><p>Regarding her being hard on clothes - I would do two things:</p><p></p><p>1) Go ahead and send her in your choice of uniform (make sure she would look a credit to the school) with a note saying that until you can find a practical, affordable alternative, this is what she is wearing and she is NOT to be penalised for her parent's choice, or that would be unfair and discriminatory. And </p><p></p><p>2) (especially if (1) isn't well received) - patch the worn holes in her school pants with something serviceable, like vinyl. When they insisted that difficult child 1 had to wear grey flannel trousers, which he could hole out in a couple of hours, I patched them with black vinyl on the knees. When they complained, I told them that the patches were preferable to him wearing 'holey pants' and I refused to buy more than two pairs per term. And he'd worn out both pairs on the first two days, so he'd used up his quota. They were free to buy more uniform for him if they didn't like it... or better still, change the uniform to something more practical and serviceable.</p><p></p><p>I eventually moved difficult child 1 to the school the girls were going to - their school uniform was only needed on school excursion days, and it was royal blue on the bottom half (jeans were acceptable) and red t-shirts on the top, screen-printed with the school logo. The school did the screen printing themselves, you could take in your child's t-shirt and they would print the logo on for you. Later, the school brought out their own range of practical uniform items. And if difficult child 1 wore out his jeans, patches were perfectly acceptable too, especially if I patched blue denim with blue denim (had plenty of spare blue denim from all his previous jeans!)</p><p></p><p>To patch trousers - it helps to have a sewing machine with a free arm that you can thread the trouser legs onto. I would also use the reverse stitch option on mine, to do the seam on the other side, in reverse, so the patch was sewn on with a continuous thread. A machine-stitched patch always stayed on better. And if your sewing machine can do it, patch with a slightly darker thread shade, using three-step zigzag stitch. Especially if there is a pattern of texture to the fabric, that stitch becomes almost invisible. Plus, it holds really, really well. It's almost like darning, but with a sewing machine.</p><p></p><p>We saved so much money that way...</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 118082, member: 1991"] From the school's point of view - why do a different IEP, she's still the same kid? That would be their thinking. You need to hammer home - the previous IEP wasn't working anyway, PLUS there now is a better understanding of her needs, hence the need to finally GET IT RIGHT, now there are better signposts. Regarding her being hard on clothes - I would do two things: 1) Go ahead and send her in your choice of uniform (make sure she would look a credit to the school) with a note saying that until you can find a practical, affordable alternative, this is what she is wearing and she is NOT to be penalised for her parent's choice, or that would be unfair and discriminatory. And 2) (especially if (1) isn't well received) - patch the worn holes in her school pants with something serviceable, like vinyl. When they insisted that difficult child 1 had to wear grey flannel trousers, which he could hole out in a couple of hours, I patched them with black vinyl on the knees. When they complained, I told them that the patches were preferable to him wearing 'holey pants' and I refused to buy more than two pairs per term. And he'd worn out both pairs on the first two days, so he'd used up his quota. They were free to buy more uniform for him if they didn't like it... or better still, change the uniform to something more practical and serviceable. I eventually moved difficult child 1 to the school the girls were going to - their school uniform was only needed on school excursion days, and it was royal blue on the bottom half (jeans were acceptable) and red t-shirts on the top, screen-printed with the school logo. The school did the screen printing themselves, you could take in your child's t-shirt and they would print the logo on for you. Later, the school brought out their own range of practical uniform items. And if difficult child 1 wore out his jeans, patches were perfectly acceptable too, especially if I patched blue denim with blue denim (had plenty of spare blue denim from all his previous jeans!) To patch trousers - it helps to have a sewing machine with a free arm that you can thread the trouser legs onto. I would also use the reverse stitch option on mine, to do the seam on the other side, in reverse, so the patch was sewn on with a continuous thread. A machine-stitched patch always stayed on better. And if your sewing machine can do it, patch with a slightly darker thread shade, using three-step zigzag stitch. Especially if there is a pattern of texture to the fabric, that stitch becomes almost invisible. Plus, it holds really, really well. It's almost like darning, but with a sewing machine. We saved so much money that way... Marg [/QUOTE]
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