muellers820
Alex
First of,i am Alex and my difficult child is 6 and in Special Education for adhd,odd and borderline bipolar.In his IEP he is under emotionaly disturbance and other health impairment.We have had issius with him since he was only 2.To make a long story short,he has been medicated for almost 2 years now,but never on the "perfect medicine"...we have yet to find that.I dont think he has that much adhd,because none of the medications for that work at all,as a matter of fact he reacts the opposite of calm.Anyway,he is on Risperdal2mg and depakote250mg a day ,he has been on risperdal for a while now and it was uped on monday and depakote was added on monday also.So it has only been a few days,and we havent seen anything different(i know it takes a few weeks)but i gues his teachers didnt think of that yesterday when difficult child had an absolute meltdown in class.
See,my difficult child can get very very violent,when he is frustrated and or talked to the 'wrong' way.We all know when he is about to blow up.There have been many days in school when he had to be physicly restrained(held down) because he was hurting either teachers or his classmates.sometimes he is good controlling his anger,but most of teh time he has a meltdown.
Yesterday they had 3 different stations doing fine motor things(which he has issius with...he gets Occupational Therapist (OT) for that) and when he saw he had to do a 100piece puzzel,he said right away he wont do it.He was only supp.to try,but he would not have that.He just wanted to go to the next station which had blocks,but they didnt let him,inless he tried the puzzel first.He then was giving another task,of coloring and was told to make sure he does a nice job(coloring imnside teh lines)...which he also has issius with(againOT stuff),all he wanted was to get to the block station.I know,the teachers could have seen that he was getting angry,he told them he was mad,and they are unfair and mean to him.Which in a way i agree,they could have just let him wait out the time and then let him switch with the others to the blocks.No such thing happened.Instead he was directed to teh 'quiet area" which he pretty much destroyed the.That area has access to books(which he threw everywhere) and it is blocked of by this "chart-holder".He put his hands on the top of it(it looks almost like a curtain-rod) and he was told if he breaks it,he will get a "cayoty ticket"..(5 will get you a suspension) and he already has one for calling someone the A-word.
So,since the teacher warned him...didnt she know what was about to happene?He broke the darn thing,and got the ticket.Now i am facing the charges(i will fight it) for that holder thing.I believe she should have stopped him right before he was about to break it.After that he just went more crazy,throwing pens and destroying art projects from other students.Why the heck didnt they stop him?I just dont undersatnd that.In the meantime all the other students got put in a different classroom cause they where all scared of my difficult child.
They called me once to tell me about some of the things but it didnt sound as bad.When i came to get him at the end of teh day,they had a 2 page report with 3 pages of pictures for me.I was so frustrated.What am i suppose to do with this kid?We have tried everything trust me ,everything.We are currently waiting for a district therapist to come to school just for him,but lord only knows when that will happen.
After i read the report,it stood out,that they should have let him switch after a period of time(it even says something like that in his IEP....)so,this morning when i bring him to school i will have a little talk with the teacher.
I also believe since my difficult child does all this "bad"things they treat him different,which of course they will denie,but i can practicly feel that they throw up on the inside when he comes to class.
Sorry this was so long,but i needed to get this of my chest.
Alex
See,my difficult child can get very very violent,when he is frustrated and or talked to the 'wrong' way.We all know when he is about to blow up.There have been many days in school when he had to be physicly restrained(held down) because he was hurting either teachers or his classmates.sometimes he is good controlling his anger,but most of teh time he has a meltdown.
Yesterday they had 3 different stations doing fine motor things(which he has issius with...he gets Occupational Therapist (OT) for that) and when he saw he had to do a 100piece puzzel,he said right away he wont do it.He was only supp.to try,but he would not have that.He just wanted to go to the next station which had blocks,but they didnt let him,inless he tried the puzzel first.He then was giving another task,of coloring and was told to make sure he does a nice job(coloring imnside teh lines)...which he also has issius with(againOT stuff),all he wanted was to get to the block station.I know,the teachers could have seen that he was getting angry,he told them he was mad,and they are unfair and mean to him.Which in a way i agree,they could have just let him wait out the time and then let him switch with the others to the blocks.No such thing happened.Instead he was directed to teh 'quiet area" which he pretty much destroyed the.That area has access to books(which he threw everywhere) and it is blocked of by this "chart-holder".He put his hands on the top of it(it looks almost like a curtain-rod) and he was told if he breaks it,he will get a "cayoty ticket"..(5 will get you a suspension) and he already has one for calling someone the A-word.
So,since the teacher warned him...didnt she know what was about to happene?He broke the darn thing,and got the ticket.Now i am facing the charges(i will fight it) for that holder thing.I believe she should have stopped him right before he was about to break it.After that he just went more crazy,throwing pens and destroying art projects from other students.Why the heck didnt they stop him?I just dont undersatnd that.In the meantime all the other students got put in a different classroom cause they where all scared of my difficult child.
They called me once to tell me about some of the things but it didnt sound as bad.When i came to get him at the end of teh day,they had a 2 page report with 3 pages of pictures for me.I was so frustrated.What am i suppose to do with this kid?We have tried everything trust me ,everything.We are currently waiting for a district therapist to come to school just for him,but lord only knows when that will happen.
After i read the report,it stood out,that they should have let him switch after a period of time(it even says something like that in his IEP....)so,this morning when i bring him to school i will have a little talk with the teacher.
I also believe since my difficult child does all this "bad"things they treat him different,which of course they will denie,but i can practicly feel that they throw up on the inside when he comes to class.
Sorry this was so long,but i needed to get this of my chest.
Alex