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<blockquote data-quote="BloodiedButUnbowed" data-source="post: 707807" data-attributes="member: 13303"><p>We have decided to try it. When we notified the school, their response was "by the way, we've been thinking about it and we want to evaluate Difficult Stepson for an IEP." We initiated a case study one year ago and the end result was he was ineligible, and he blamed us for "putting the staff through so much work for no reason" - he cut us out of his life completely, and we saw him for the first time last Friday since last spring. NOW they realize how troubled he is. NOW they want to offer him more help. </p><p></p><p>It's too little too late as far as traditional school is concerned. He can legally drop out at the beginning of next school year, and he would never abide being labeled "special education". It's a tragedy really. But it is really too late. He is currently a junior, and he does as he pleases. He will only do what he wants to do and his father will not stop him. In the end, I truly believe that either the law or a bullet will end up stopping him. I pray that I am wrong but this is my gut sense. He has no insight into his behavior or its consequences, and accepts no accountability. If he is told no, he has a temper tantrum which in his case means screaming, swearing and becoming physically aggressive/violent. And he is BIG - six foot five and 250.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, thanks for the support and the rant. We have done all we can for him and now he is on his own. The next phase is going to be detaching with love.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BloodiedButUnbowed, post: 707807, member: 13303"] We have decided to try it. When we notified the school, their response was "by the way, we've been thinking about it and we want to evaluate Difficult Stepson for an IEP." We initiated a case study one year ago and the end result was he was ineligible, and he blamed us for "putting the staff through so much work for no reason" - he cut us out of his life completely, and we saw him for the first time last Friday since last spring. NOW they realize how troubled he is. NOW they want to offer him more help. It's too little too late as far as traditional school is concerned. He can legally drop out at the beginning of next school year, and he would never abide being labeled "special education". It's a tragedy really. But it is really too late. He is currently a junior, and he does as he pleases. He will only do what he wants to do and his father will not stop him. In the end, I truly believe that either the law or a bullet will end up stopping him. I pray that I am wrong but this is my gut sense. He has no insight into his behavior or its consequences, and accepts no accountability. If he is told no, he has a temper tantrum which in his case means screaming, swearing and becoming physically aggressive/violent. And he is BIG - six foot five and 250. Anyway, thanks for the support and the rant. We have done all we can for him and now he is on his own. The next phase is going to be detaching with love. [/QUOTE]
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