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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 271633" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Hi Chococat -</p><p> </p><p>Welcome and I'm so glad you found us!</p><p> </p><p>First and foremost, sounds like it's time to request a full multidisciplinary evaluation through the school district (SD) in order to obtain an IEP for her. They may well blather on about how smart she is, how she doesn't need Special Education services, yada yada yada, but she has emotions/behaviors that are interfering with her ability to receive an education. If she's getting suspended weekly (or even monthly), she's not in school and not getting an education. Therefore, her diagnosis has an educational impact. I'd highly recommend looking through the Special Education archives here to get ideas for sample letters, etc.</p><p> </p><p>I would also request a functional behavioral analysis at the same time. The way it should be done is a behavioralist observes your difficult child in the classroom (hopefully over a period of several days) and identifies target behaviors and possible triggers. It really burns my toast to hear when such young kids are being suspended - it sets up school to be a negative experience all the way down the road. Once the FBA is completed (and hopefully at the same time you all sit down to go over an IEP), a behavior intervention plan should be developed, using *positive* behavioral strategies. I emphasize "positive" because "Sally will go to principal's office" and "Susie will be suspected" are most definitely *not* positive.</p><p> </p><p>What kinds of behaviors are you and school dealing with? Violence, destruction, defiance? There's such a wide range and there can be many different ways to deal with it. Plus of course it's different for each kid - what worked for my kid may not for yours. </p><p> </p><p>Defiant Child is a great book, as is Explosive Child. </p><p> </p><p>Again - welcome and I'm so glad you found us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 271633, member: 8"] Hi Chococat - Welcome and I'm so glad you found us! First and foremost, sounds like it's time to request a full multidisciplinary evaluation through the school district (SD) in order to obtain an IEP for her. They may well blather on about how smart she is, how she doesn't need Special Education services, yada yada yada, but she has emotions/behaviors that are interfering with her ability to receive an education. If she's getting suspended weekly (or even monthly), she's not in school and not getting an education. Therefore, her diagnosis has an educational impact. I'd highly recommend looking through the Special Education archives here to get ideas for sample letters, etc. I would also request a functional behavioral analysis at the same time. The way it should be done is a behavioralist observes your difficult child in the classroom (hopefully over a period of several days) and identifies target behaviors and possible triggers. It really burns my toast to hear when such young kids are being suspended - it sets up school to be a negative experience all the way down the road. Once the FBA is completed (and hopefully at the same time you all sit down to go over an IEP), a behavior intervention plan should be developed, using *positive* behavioral strategies. I emphasize "positive" because "Sally will go to principal's office" and "Susie will be suspected" are most definitely *not* positive. What kinds of behaviors are you and school dealing with? Violence, destruction, defiance? There's such a wide range and there can be many different ways to deal with it. Plus of course it's different for each kid - what worked for my kid may not for yours. Defiant Child is a great book, as is Explosive Child. Again - welcome and I'm so glad you found us. [/QUOTE]
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