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Manifestation Hearing??? Sorry Occupational Therapist (OT) ended up being so long.
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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 414673"><p>Yes. There was no question that his behavior is a manifestation of his disability. No, the school was not negligent by not following the IEP. No, the IEP was not appropriate (that's why we have spent so much time revising and tweeking). That is the part that had me so confused and scared. We had spent 4 hours SO FAR revising and rewriting the IEP that this just seemed so stupid. Several of the staff members commented that "we are just not able to handle these types of behaviors" referring to what has now been determined by the psychiatrist to be caused by the Risperdal. The medication has been d/c'd as of last night. I was given the name of a psychiatrist that is highly trained to work with kids on the spectrum but he is 3 hours away in another state. They also mentioned a 1-week inpatient neuropsychologist in that same area.</p><p> </p><p>It all boiled down to:</p><p> </p><p>1. they don't want him there using the reasoning that they aren't "equipped" to handle a child that tips chairs and throws markers when they have pushed him too far.</p><p>2. he doesn't qualify for "homebound instruction" because he doesn't have severe health issues or extremely dangerous behaviors like "bringing a knife to school and trying to stab people" so there is nothing they can do there.</p><p>3. they are willing to "try" anything BUT ......</p><p> </p><p>At the advice of my advocate when we talked on Friday, I have requested mediation. She agrees that we are not getting anywhere with the school and it has dragged on long enough and difficult child has missed WAY too much school because of being sent home. Guess we'll have to wait and see now. In the mean time, I am getting a county children's mental health social worker involved also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 414673"] Yes. There was no question that his behavior is a manifestation of his disability. No, the school was not negligent by not following the IEP. No, the IEP was not appropriate (that's why we have spent so much time revising and tweeking). That is the part that had me so confused and scared. We had spent 4 hours SO FAR revising and rewriting the IEP that this just seemed so stupid. Several of the staff members commented that "we are just not able to handle these types of behaviors" referring to what has now been determined by the psychiatrist to be caused by the Risperdal. The medication has been d/c'd as of last night. I was given the name of a psychiatrist that is highly trained to work with kids on the spectrum but he is 3 hours away in another state. They also mentioned a 1-week inpatient neuropsychologist in that same area. It all boiled down to: 1. they don't want him there using the reasoning that they aren't "equipped" to handle a child that tips chairs and throws markers when they have pushed him too far. 2. he doesn't qualify for "homebound instruction" because he doesn't have severe health issues or extremely dangerous behaviors like "bringing a knife to school and trying to stab people" so there is nothing they can do there. 3. they are willing to "try" anything BUT ...... At the advice of my advocate when we talked on Friday, I have requested mediation. She agrees that we are not getting anywhere with the school and it has dragged on long enough and difficult child has missed WAY too much school because of being sent home. Guess we'll have to wait and see now. In the mean time, I am getting a county children's mental health social worker involved also. [/QUOTE]
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