JKF
Well-Known Member
Uggggh! I'm so anrgy/frustrated/annoyed right now!
easy child/difficult child is currently diagnosis'd with ADHD. We are exploring other diagnosis's but for now that's the one he has. He sees a therapist weekly and a psychiatrist monthly. He started taking Intuniv a few weeks ago in addition to his Vyvanse and so far I feel that he's doing pretty well.
He has an IEP in place and he's in mainstream classes but has an in class support teacher to help him with things like staying organized, remembering assignments, etc. That's one of his biggest problems - he's extremely unorganized and forgetful. He's super smart but gets bad grades because he's never prepared and forgets to hand in or do assignments. One of the reasons we have the damn IEP!
Lately this ICS teacher has been a real b**ch. She was his ICS teacher last year as well and was wonderful. This year is a different story. She knows how he is and what his issues/triggers are. She knows he needs help in certain areas. However, she's not helping much at all anymore.
Over the weekend we went through his backpack and organized things. I noticed he was missing a bunch of things for Math class that he'll need for a quiz this Friday. I went through it with him and we put the ones he had in order and I told him to ask for the ones he's missing today. After I dropped him off I sent her a text letting her know that he was missing some of the Do Now sheets but I didn't know exactly which ones he needs and if she could help him figure it out and get the sheets I'd help him get organized for the quiz. I got a text back from her saying "that's his responsibliity but thanks for letting me know". Ummmm ok?? So that instantly pi**ed me off! I sent a text back saying "Ok, well he was going to ask you for help but going forward I'll make sure he doesn't ask you for help anymore - no problem." I probably shouldn't have sent a reply while I was so angry but it is what it is. Isn't she supposed to help him with things like that?? Isn't that one of the reasons she's with him?
I just don't understand what her problem is. I get that she wants him to be more responsible and organized (we ALL do - trust me) but he has a problem that prevents him from doing so and she's supposed to help him with that. Am I being unreasonable?? Maybe it's me?? What do you think??
easy child/difficult child is currently diagnosis'd with ADHD. We are exploring other diagnosis's but for now that's the one he has. He sees a therapist weekly and a psychiatrist monthly. He started taking Intuniv a few weeks ago in addition to his Vyvanse and so far I feel that he's doing pretty well.
He has an IEP in place and he's in mainstream classes but has an in class support teacher to help him with things like staying organized, remembering assignments, etc. That's one of his biggest problems - he's extremely unorganized and forgetful. He's super smart but gets bad grades because he's never prepared and forgets to hand in or do assignments. One of the reasons we have the damn IEP!
Lately this ICS teacher has been a real b**ch. She was his ICS teacher last year as well and was wonderful. This year is a different story. She knows how he is and what his issues/triggers are. She knows he needs help in certain areas. However, she's not helping much at all anymore.
Over the weekend we went through his backpack and organized things. I noticed he was missing a bunch of things for Math class that he'll need for a quiz this Friday. I went through it with him and we put the ones he had in order and I told him to ask for the ones he's missing today. After I dropped him off I sent her a text letting her know that he was missing some of the Do Now sheets but I didn't know exactly which ones he needs and if she could help him figure it out and get the sheets I'd help him get organized for the quiz. I got a text back from her saying "that's his responsibliity but thanks for letting me know". Ummmm ok?? So that instantly pi**ed me off! I sent a text back saying "Ok, well he was going to ask you for help but going forward I'll make sure he doesn't ask you for help anymore - no problem." I probably shouldn't have sent a reply while I was so angry but it is what it is. Isn't she supposed to help him with things like that?? Isn't that one of the reasons she's with him?
I just don't understand what her problem is. I get that she wants him to be more responsible and organized (we ALL do - trust me) but he has a problem that prevents him from doing so and she's supposed to help him with that. Am I being unreasonable?? Maybe it's me?? What do you think??