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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 144837" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We went through similar stuff with difficult child 3 in his first mainstream school. I don't know if teachers ever called him names, because difficult child 3 wasn't good about reporting stuff in detail, but my 'spies' among the kids told us of things happening that shouldn't have. When I reported things to the principal I was told that they hadn't happened. As I had no proof (as in CCTV footage - as if) I had no way to insist on change.</p><p></p><p>I do know that where teachers are not vigilant or there seems to be a slack attitude through the whole school, problems arise that not even the most dedicated class teacher can totally overturn. You can fight all you want, but how will you ever know if they are compliant? They may start sending you the daily reports you want and fill in the forms, but if your difficult child becomes increasingly silent over what happens in class (as mine did, because if I complained, the teachers lectured him) then how will you know? Can you ever trust them?</p><p></p><p>We transferred difficult child 3 to a school where bullying was handled much better, but found too many other problems remained that couldn't be resolved, not even with the most supportive enthusiastic teacher in the world, so we pulled him out to do correspondence school from home. He's done much better ever since. He's also done much better socially, because he is free to walk away when kids start being mean. At school you can't get away from them. And a teacher using names only validates the name-calling by kids.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 144837, member: 1991"] We went through similar stuff with difficult child 3 in his first mainstream school. I don't know if teachers ever called him names, because difficult child 3 wasn't good about reporting stuff in detail, but my 'spies' among the kids told us of things happening that shouldn't have. When I reported things to the principal I was told that they hadn't happened. As I had no proof (as in CCTV footage - as if) I had no way to insist on change. I do know that where teachers are not vigilant or there seems to be a slack attitude through the whole school, problems arise that not even the most dedicated class teacher can totally overturn. You can fight all you want, but how will you ever know if they are compliant? They may start sending you the daily reports you want and fill in the forms, but if your difficult child becomes increasingly silent over what happens in class (as mine did, because if I complained, the teachers lectured him) then how will you know? Can you ever trust them? We transferred difficult child 3 to a school where bullying was handled much better, but found too many other problems remained that couldn't be resolved, not even with the most supportive enthusiastic teacher in the world, so we pulled him out to do correspondence school from home. He's done much better ever since. He's also done much better socially, because he is free to walk away when kids start being mean. At school you can't get away from them. And a teacher using names only validates the name-calling by kids. Marg [/QUOTE]
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