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<blockquote data-quote="ck1" data-source="post: 78811" data-attributes="member: 3767"><p>I completely agree with SmallWorld, excellent points there. Especially the second one. When we had problems (mostly grades) with our son during the second quarter last year, we just pulled him out and sent him to boarding school, that was not the best thing to do and shouldn't have been the first thing to do. They should have noticed that his grades went from a 2.5 to a .64 in one quarter and he was late several days per week! Now I know that the school should have stepped in to help us because if they weren't "meeting his needs" at the public school, it is their responsibility to make sure that his needs, an education, are met. They must pay for and transport him to an appropriate school.</p><p></p><p>We did have problems with my son getting up and going to school and also with him doing the work, but he never got kicked out or sent home. I know talking with your difficult child may not work because many times our G'sFG need to experience things the hard way before they believe us. But, maybe you could explain to him that school is not an option. He will attend school, somewhere, because that is the law. The more he fights going to this school where he has the most freedoms, the more of those freedoms will be taken away. I don't know where you live, but there are many alternative education schools around here that I knew NOTHING about! </p><p></p><p>I would contact the Director of Special Education when scheduling the next IEP meeting and also to find out about alternatives. Also, look in your area for a Mental Health Association for an advocate for your son. We haven't used it yet because my son is at an Residential Treatment Facility (RTF), but over the Summer I got a MH Advocate for him who has a lot more experience that I do with IEP's. He would have been with us when writing the IEP then went to the school occasionally to be sure that it was being followed.</p><p></p><p>One more thought...what happened to truacy officers??? Or something of that sort? Let your difficult child know that people really do get in trouble for not going to school. When my son was in the detention center, there was another kid there for probation violation, but the reason he was on probation was truacy!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ck1, post: 78811, member: 3767"] I completely agree with SmallWorld, excellent points there. Especially the second one. When we had problems (mostly grades) with our son during the second quarter last year, we just pulled him out and sent him to boarding school, that was not the best thing to do and shouldn't have been the first thing to do. They should have noticed that his grades went from a 2.5 to a .64 in one quarter and he was late several days per week! Now I know that the school should have stepped in to help us because if they weren't "meeting his needs" at the public school, it is their responsibility to make sure that his needs, an education, are met. They must pay for and transport him to an appropriate school. We did have problems with my son getting up and going to school and also with him doing the work, but he never got kicked out or sent home. I know talking with your difficult child may not work because many times our G'sFG need to experience things the hard way before they believe us. But, maybe you could explain to him that school is not an option. He will attend school, somewhere, because that is the law. The more he fights going to this school where he has the most freedoms, the more of those freedoms will be taken away. I don't know where you live, but there are many alternative education schools around here that I knew NOTHING about! I would contact the Director of Special Education when scheduling the next IEP meeting and also to find out about alternatives. Also, look in your area for a Mental Health Association for an advocate for your son. We haven't used it yet because my son is at an Residential Treatment Facility (RTF), but over the Summer I got a MH Advocate for him who has a lot more experience that I do with IEP's. He would have been with us when writing the IEP then went to the school occasionally to be sure that it was being followed. One more thought...what happened to truacy officers??? Or something of that sort? Let your difficult child know that people really do get in trouble for not going to school. When my son was in the detention center, there was another kid there for probation violation, but the reason he was on probation was truacy! [/QUOTE]
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