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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 487024" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>No explanation? Sorry. I'd be pushing THAT button. </p><p>It doesn't require a written report. One or two key words, a simple phrase... things that get re-used.</p><p>You - and they - and your difficult child - need to understand what the big issues are... </p><p>And that takes documentation.</p><p></p><p>Even with the diagnosis already, the psychiatrist or therapist can request the school to keep a detailed behavior log form for a couple of weeks... because the psychiatrist needs the info (you do too, but that's beside the point!) Somehow, you need to know exactly what is going on, what the trends are, eventually what the triggers are.</p><p></p><p>For example... if "staying on task" is a problem... next question is, "when". Not just now frequently, but time of day... (not 10:34 a.m., but "first period" or "fifth period"...) more often in the afternoons? more often on Friday than on Monday, or is Monday a worse day? more often if there is a sub or other major transition? The answers point to very different causes... and therefore, different sorts of interventions and supports.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 487024, member: 11791"] No explanation? Sorry. I'd be pushing THAT button. It doesn't require a written report. One or two key words, a simple phrase... things that get re-used. You - and they - and your difficult child - need to understand what the big issues are... And that takes documentation. Even with the diagnosis already, the psychiatrist or therapist can request the school to keep a detailed behavior log form for a couple of weeks... because the psychiatrist needs the info (you do too, but that's beside the point!) Somehow, you need to know exactly what is going on, what the trends are, eventually what the triggers are. For example... if "staying on task" is a problem... next question is, "when". Not just now frequently, but time of day... (not 10:34 a.m., but "first period" or "fifth period"...) more often in the afternoons? more often on Friday than on Monday, or is Monday a worse day? more often if there is a sub or other major transition? The answers point to very different causes... and therefore, different sorts of interventions and supports. [/QUOTE]
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