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<blockquote data-quote="BloodiedButUnbowed" data-source="post: 726902" data-attributes="member: 13303"><p>Thanks for all your warm wishes. I agree JRC, I believe the ONE thing that has a chance to truly make a lasting difference in YS' life is this new placement. He will be immersed in a small, nurturing, loving environment focusing equally on academics and coping skills. He will be thrown into an environment without the sick dynamics of his family, and taught how to live more honestly. He won't be allowed to lie and hide, and he won't be able to simply disappear into the nooks and crannies of a large suburban high school. This is the absolute best thing that could have happened. </p><p></p><p>I am so glad we did not have to go the advocate route and the district simply did what was right the first time around. I cannot help but think part of the reason this went so smoothly was because this same team dropped the ball on DS and I think they know it. They evaluated DS two years ago and found him ineligible for services even though he probably displayed enough dysfunction to merit an emotional disability diagnosis. A similar placement to YS' (though with an emphasis on acting out behaviors) might have turned DS around, but unfortunately he continued to deteriorate without support and is now out of traditional school. </p><p></p><p>Today is YS' first day at his new school, wife is seeing him at a therapy session later so she'll touch base with him and find out how it went. We spoke to him on the phone yesterday and it was hard to tell how he felt. He always sounds the same - a defense mechanism I suspect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BloodiedButUnbowed, post: 726902, member: 13303"] Thanks for all your warm wishes. I agree JRC, I believe the ONE thing that has a chance to truly make a lasting difference in YS' life is this new placement. He will be immersed in a small, nurturing, loving environment focusing equally on academics and coping skills. He will be thrown into an environment without the sick dynamics of his family, and taught how to live more honestly. He won't be allowed to lie and hide, and he won't be able to simply disappear into the nooks and crannies of a large suburban high school. This is the absolute best thing that could have happened. I am so glad we did not have to go the advocate route and the district simply did what was right the first time around. I cannot help but think part of the reason this went so smoothly was because this same team dropped the ball on DS and I think they know it. They evaluated DS two years ago and found him ineligible for services even though he probably displayed enough dysfunction to merit an emotional disability diagnosis. A similar placement to YS' (though with an emphasis on acting out behaviors) might have turned DS around, but unfortunately he continued to deteriorate without support and is now out of traditional school. Today is YS' first day at his new school, wife is seeing him at a therapy session later so she'll touch base with him and find out how it went. We spoke to him on the phone yesterday and it was hard to tell how he felt. He always sounds the same - a defense mechanism I suspect. [/QUOTE]
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