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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 467280" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Evan already missed any chance at early intervention here. That was the reason I was pushing her to get him into head start. And no, our school doesn't even have a Special Education classroom. All students are integrated, like it or not. The severely mentally disabled students attend a special school. And Evan in no way shape or form qualifies for that placement.</p><p></p><p>My only hope for these kids is that we <strong>do</strong> live in a very small town. There is one grade school, one Jr High, one high school. All the school staff know each other well and communicate with each other on a regular basis. I'm hoping for <strong>once</strong> this plays in the kids favor. The school staff caught it quick that Kayla "mothers" Alex and that Alex is dependent on her. Evan I know has reinforced this probably 1000 fold. Actually one of Alex's IEP goals is to get him to be less dependent on Kayla and more self sufficient. He had only slightly improved by the end of the school year. It does not help that Kayla has had it so ingrained in her that she is responsible for her brothers that she also has trouble letting them do and think for themselves. </p><p></p><p>Add on that the kids are always sick. Seriously, they are, if Katie is to be believed. Kayla is sick right now with both a respiratory and stomach bug. I'm not sure how much of this I actually believe....yet last year I know they were sick a lot. But I also know she likes to say she's "taking them to the pediatrician doctor" when she doesn't take them to see anyone. So, there are a lot of missed school days.</p><p></p><p>And personally, I'd love for someone other than me to pin her ears back about never having taken Alex to any specialists to have a real diagnosis for his issues. I'd swear on a stack of bibles when trying to get the IEP for Travis and get it written up properly ect I had to drag the boy all over the place to specialist for doctor reports and evaluations and test and omg..........she gets one in school evaluation and that's it? No one questions it? No one asks why? Not even social security disability? (yeah, sorry that one really ticks me off......not because I don't know he's disabiled but because the <strong>why</strong> of it needs to be known) Oh, and the kicker? It's an out of state school evaluation on top of it. wth?</p><p></p><p>It just makes my blood boil. Because it's not fair to the boys, it certainly isn't fair to Kayla......and yet somehow everyone somehow misses the obvious. Not just 1 state, but 2 states for pete's sake.</p><p></p><p>I just hope now that there isn't another school she can drag him off too once teachers start really talking to each other.....that they start getting those red flags shooting up all the time and someone finally does something that will truly help those kids. </p><p></p><p>But I'm not counting on it. For some miraculous reason Katie seems to slip out of reach like a frimpin greased pig.</p><p></p><p>If I can manage to keep my mouth shut in the meeting, I might find a way to let school staff know they can contact me for more "truthful" background information that will give them a much better idea of what their dealing with. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/sigh.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sigh:" title="sigh :sigh:" data-shortname=":sigh:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 467280, member: 84"] Evan already missed any chance at early intervention here. That was the reason I was pushing her to get him into head start. And no, our school doesn't even have a Special Education classroom. All students are integrated, like it or not. The severely mentally disabled students attend a special school. And Evan in no way shape or form qualifies for that placement. My only hope for these kids is that we [B]do[/B] live in a very small town. There is one grade school, one Jr High, one high school. All the school staff know each other well and communicate with each other on a regular basis. I'm hoping for [B]once[/B] this plays in the kids favor. The school staff caught it quick that Kayla "mothers" Alex and that Alex is dependent on her. Evan I know has reinforced this probably 1000 fold. Actually one of Alex's IEP goals is to get him to be less dependent on Kayla and more self sufficient. He had only slightly improved by the end of the school year. It does not help that Kayla has had it so ingrained in her that she is responsible for her brothers that she also has trouble letting them do and think for themselves. Add on that the kids are always sick. Seriously, they are, if Katie is to be believed. Kayla is sick right now with both a respiratory and stomach bug. I'm not sure how much of this I actually believe....yet last year I know they were sick a lot. But I also know she likes to say she's "taking them to the pediatrician doctor" when she doesn't take them to see anyone. So, there are a lot of missed school days. And personally, I'd love for someone other than me to pin her ears back about never having taken Alex to any specialists to have a real diagnosis for his issues. I'd swear on a stack of bibles when trying to get the IEP for Travis and get it written up properly ect I had to drag the boy all over the place to specialist for doctor reports and evaluations and test and omg..........she gets one in school evaluation and that's it? No one questions it? No one asks why? Not even social security disability? (yeah, sorry that one really ticks me off......not because I don't know he's disabiled but because the [B]why[/B] of it needs to be known) Oh, and the kicker? It's an out of state school evaluation on top of it. wth? It just makes my blood boil. Because it's not fair to the boys, it certainly isn't fair to Kayla......and yet somehow everyone somehow misses the obvious. Not just 1 state, but 2 states for pete's sake. I just hope now that there isn't another school she can drag him off too once teachers start really talking to each other.....that they start getting those red flags shooting up all the time and someone finally does something that will truly help those kids. But I'm not counting on it. For some miraculous reason Katie seems to slip out of reach like a frimpin greased pig. If I can manage to keep my mouth shut in the meeting, I might find a way to let school staff know they can contact me for more "truthful" background information that will give them a much better idea of what their dealing with. :sigh: [/QUOTE]
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