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<blockquote data-quote="Karen &amp; Crew" data-source="post: 195359" data-attributes="member: 3504"><p>Thanks all! I spoke with the advocate today and she was surprised to see that difficult child didn't have an FBA done prior to his initial IEP. The psychologist from the school board didn't feel it was appropriate. We felt differently but our concerns seem to fall on deaf ears around here. She wants us to formally request not only the functional behavior analysis but also an individualized behavior plan be drawn up and added to his IEP.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Smallworld, to answer your questions...</p><p></p><p>What exactly is your difficult child doing to merit suspension?</p><p>*He has hit other children on more than one occasion and has also threatened to bring a gun to school and shoot a girl who fussed at him about kicking her school bag. That incident could have gotten him expelled but the principal intervened and simply wrote him up for inappropriate use of language. As much as I dislike the principal sometimes she does actually seem to care.</p><p></p><p>Can his needs be met in his current school, or is it possible he might need a different program with more support?</p><p>*I think they *could* be met at his current school if they were willing to put him in a more restrictive environment but the psychologist from last year doesn't think that's appropriate. That said, when he spent about 1/4-1/3 of his day in a self-contained class of 4 children, all with varying degrees of autism (difficult child being the mildest case to 1 child with Asperger's but a bit more severe than difficult child) he did fantastically. The school administration and the teacher for that class felt that difficult child would be better served in a less restrictive environment with more NT children who could be better models of *normal* behavior. psychiatrist feels he probably needs a bit more restrictive environment with fewer students (best choice in her opinion) to a para-educator (what's specified in his IEP but he has yet to have).</p><p></p><p>I also wanted to ask you about your difficult child's medications: Is he better, worse or about the same since he started this medication combo? If he's worse, I'd seriously consider making some significant medication changes.</p><p>*I think he's doing worse. That said, his environment at school is MUCH more stressful than it was last year. The teachers are more demanding, a lot less understanding and are almost impossible to work with and I think that has a great deal to do with it. His psychiatrist feels that if he were put in a more restrictive setting that we would find the medication is sufficient and she recommends that route before medicating him further. Oh, I just noticed that despite my attempt to update his medications it is not accurate. difficult child currently takes 36 mg Concerta, 20 mg Celexa and 25 mg of Seroquel in the am, 10 mg of Focalin when he gets home from school and 25 mg of Seroquel at bedtime.</p><p></p><p>I will write the letter to the school tomorrow and on the advice of the advocate will be copying the director of special education for our area. Once I have a date I will contact psychiatrist and the advocate so that we can arrange a meeting date and time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Karen & Crew, post: 195359, member: 3504"] Thanks all! I spoke with the advocate today and she was surprised to see that difficult child didn't have an FBA done prior to his initial IEP. The psychologist from the school board didn't feel it was appropriate. We felt differently but our concerns seem to fall on deaf ears around here. She wants us to formally request not only the functional behavior analysis but also an individualized behavior plan be drawn up and added to his IEP. Smallworld, to answer your questions... What exactly is your difficult child doing to merit suspension? *He has hit other children on more than one occasion and has also threatened to bring a gun to school and shoot a girl who fussed at him about kicking her school bag. That incident could have gotten him expelled but the principal intervened and simply wrote him up for inappropriate use of language. As much as I dislike the principal sometimes she does actually seem to care. Can his needs be met in his current school, or is it possible he might need a different program with more support? *I think they *could* be met at his current school if they were willing to put him in a more restrictive environment but the psychologist from last year doesn't think that's appropriate. That said, when he spent about 1/4-1/3 of his day in a self-contained class of 4 children, all with varying degrees of autism (difficult child being the mildest case to 1 child with Asperger's but a bit more severe than difficult child) he did fantastically. The school administration and the teacher for that class felt that difficult child would be better served in a less restrictive environment with more NT children who could be better models of *normal* behavior. psychiatrist feels he probably needs a bit more restrictive environment with fewer students (best choice in her opinion) to a para-educator (what's specified in his IEP but he has yet to have). I also wanted to ask you about your difficult child's medications: Is he better, worse or about the same since he started this medication combo? If he's worse, I'd seriously consider making some significant medication changes. *I think he's doing worse. That said, his environment at school is MUCH more stressful than it was last year. The teachers are more demanding, a lot less understanding and are almost impossible to work with and I think that has a great deal to do with it. His psychiatrist feels that if he were put in a more restrictive setting that we would find the medication is sufficient and she recommends that route before medicating him further. Oh, I just noticed that despite my attempt to update his medications it is not accurate. difficult child currently takes 36 mg Concerta, 20 mg Celexa and 25 mg of Seroquel in the am, 10 mg of Focalin when he gets home from school and 25 mg of Seroquel at bedtime. I will write the letter to the school tomorrow and on the advice of the advocate will be copying the director of special education for our area. Once I have a date I will contact psychiatrist and the advocate so that we can arrange a meeting date and time. [/QUOTE]
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