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<blockquote data-quote="galadriel" data-source="post: 128765"><p>We JUST went through something very very similar with our son who will be 16 next month. He's diagnosed with Anxiety Disorder and non-hyper ADD. He may very well be bi-polar but just like your situation, the psychiatrist didn't want that on his record. He's on 100 mg. Seroquel split into 2 doses am/PM. He's on Concerta. He's just going back to school after a two week suspension for saying "Sure thing" when his "best friend" suggested they leave HS campus and smoke a joint over lunch. Our school has a strict no drugs policy so it was an automatic "Come and get him, he's out for 5 days" NY Law requires a Superintendent's hearing within that time, they must notify you by certified mailing. Can you go on line and check your State's Education Law? My kid had the right to an attorney for his hearing but chose not to.</p><p> </p><p>My recommendation for dealing with the school system is to stay proactive, professional and calm, explain what services you have in place for your son, and ask what they can do for you while your boy is suspended. In NY, if the kid is under 16 they must provide a free tutor. I'm going to assume that state laws are similar, they cannot send them out without providing them their right to an education despite the punishment. </p><p> </p><p>Before you go to your hearing/meeting (call them and find out when it is) make some notes, I felt better being prepared. I asked them to provide my kid's attendance records and grades since Sept, and then made it a point to show them how he brought his GPA up 22 points since going on his medications in Nov. Anything you can present to show that a) he's working on it and b) you're there for him. I try and see it from their side of things - they're trying to keep X-hundred teenagers of all description in line for 6 hours a day! </p><p> </p><p>We never got the chance to go over the event at all, they pretty much had him dead to rights as he confessed on the day it happened. Besides, it was a relief not to have to re-hash it, instead to look forward.</p><p> </p><p>My husband asked them what they recommended for parents that both worked with a kid suspended, at home unsupervised all day. They are planning an off-site detention classroom for next year. The superintendent then spoke up and volunteered to allow difficult child to come to the Elementary building three mornings a week (tutor was t/th) and help the custodians there. He did it! It gave him something positive to do instead of sit around on "vacation". Maybe your school system would entertain such an idea. </p><p> </p><p>I would definitely agree with other posters that a medication check is in order - we upped difficult child's Seroquel level during this time and it really helped him. Mine doesn't remember it when he "loses it" and when he's raging you can see it in his eyes, he is not altogether there! The Seroquel really helps with this. </p><p> </p><p>Hang in there, I certainly can empathize with your situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="galadriel, post: 128765"] We JUST went through something very very similar with our son who will be 16 next month. He's diagnosed with Anxiety Disorder and non-hyper ADD. He may very well be bi-polar but just like your situation, the psychiatrist didn't want that on his record. He's on 100 mg. Seroquel split into 2 doses am/PM. He's on Concerta. He's just going back to school after a two week suspension for saying "Sure thing" when his "best friend" suggested they leave HS campus and smoke a joint over lunch. Our school has a strict no drugs policy so it was an automatic "Come and get him, he's out for 5 days" NY Law requires a Superintendent's hearing within that time, they must notify you by certified mailing. Can you go on line and check your State's Education Law? My kid had the right to an attorney for his hearing but chose not to. My recommendation for dealing with the school system is to stay proactive, professional and calm, explain what services you have in place for your son, and ask what they can do for you while your boy is suspended. In NY, if the kid is under 16 they must provide a free tutor. I'm going to assume that state laws are similar, they cannot send them out without providing them their right to an education despite the punishment. Before you go to your hearing/meeting (call them and find out when it is) make some notes, I felt better being prepared. I asked them to provide my kid's attendance records and grades since Sept, and then made it a point to show them how he brought his GPA up 22 points since going on his medications in Nov. Anything you can present to show that a) he's working on it and b) you're there for him. I try and see it from their side of things - they're trying to keep X-hundred teenagers of all description in line for 6 hours a day! We never got the chance to go over the event at all, they pretty much had him dead to rights as he confessed on the day it happened. Besides, it was a relief not to have to re-hash it, instead to look forward. My husband asked them what they recommended for parents that both worked with a kid suspended, at home unsupervised all day. They are planning an off-site detention classroom for next year. The superintendent then spoke up and volunteered to allow difficult child to come to the Elementary building three mornings a week (tutor was t/th) and help the custodians there. He did it! It gave him something positive to do instead of sit around on "vacation". Maybe your school system would entertain such an idea. I would definitely agree with other posters that a medication check is in order - we upped difficult child's Seroquel level during this time and it really helped him. Mine doesn't remember it when he "loses it" and when he's raging you can see it in his eyes, he is not altogether there! The Seroquel really helps with this. Hang in there, I certainly can empathize with your situation. [/QUOTE]
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