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IEP today and I'm super nervous.
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<blockquote data-quote="Californiablonde" data-source="post: 639367" data-attributes="member: 2196"><p>Well lucky for me the assistant principal wasn't there. The head principal was there but that's okay. I have had several meetings with her and she totally sees my side of things and puts 100% of the blame on difficult child. I am relieved about the assistant principal not being there but I left feeling upset that all I got to hear was 100 percent negative, negative, negative. I really wish they could counteract the difficult child's downfalls with some positive input as well. Unfortunately that rarely happens. </p><p></p><p>We went over difficult child's test results and no surprises. She tested in the low average range for darned near everything and she has a low IQ as well. Nothing new there. We mostly went over difficult child's attendance issues and this time they had a social worker there to offer some suggestions. We are going to meet once a month to get our heads together and try and help motivate difficult child. He asked me while I was there when the refusal to go to school all started for her. I told him that it was literally the day she started high school. Every single friend she had in middle school started a different high school than difficult child. Suddenly having no friends at school gave difficult child little motivation to attend.</p><p></p><p>Last year she finally made a very good friend and her attendance improved dramatically. Unfortunately said friend was also a heavy drug user and got kicked out of school at the end of the year. This year we are back in the same boat with difficult child having no friends. Right now it's a catch 22. difficult child needs to meet new friends, but she can't meet anybody because she is never there. She is never there because she has no friends. It's an endless cycle. difficult child's new social worker is going to help her with making new friends and hopefully I can find some new techniques that will finally get her to school. Taking away her lap top and cell phone is no longer motivation for her. She just doesn't care anymore. Hopefully this social worker knows his stuff and knows how to help. I am that desperate that I will try anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Californiablonde, post: 639367, member: 2196"] Well lucky for me the assistant principal wasn't there. The head principal was there but that's okay. I have had several meetings with her and she totally sees my side of things and puts 100% of the blame on difficult child. I am relieved about the assistant principal not being there but I left feeling upset that all I got to hear was 100 percent negative, negative, negative. I really wish they could counteract the difficult child's downfalls with some positive input as well. Unfortunately that rarely happens. We went over difficult child's test results and no surprises. She tested in the low average range for darned near everything and she has a low IQ as well. Nothing new there. We mostly went over difficult child's attendance issues and this time they had a social worker there to offer some suggestions. We are going to meet once a month to get our heads together and try and help motivate difficult child. He asked me while I was there when the refusal to go to school all started for her. I told him that it was literally the day she started high school. Every single friend she had in middle school started a different high school than difficult child. Suddenly having no friends at school gave difficult child little motivation to attend. Last year she finally made a very good friend and her attendance improved dramatically. Unfortunately said friend was also a heavy drug user and got kicked out of school at the end of the year. This year we are back in the same boat with difficult child having no friends. Right now it's a catch 22. difficult child needs to meet new friends, but she can't meet anybody because she is never there. She is never there because she has no friends. It's an endless cycle. difficult child's new social worker is going to help her with making new friends and hopefully I can find some new techniques that will finally get her to school. Taking away her lap top and cell phone is no longer motivation for her. She just doesn't care anymore. Hopefully this social worker knows his stuff and knows how to help. I am that desperate that I will try anything. [/QUOTE]
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