Keisha,
I know exactly where you are coming from. My daughter had a different diagnoses. She was diagnosed with autism when she was three. At that time, we lived in N.C. and they have a wonderful TEACCH program in the public schools. Unfortunately, my husband took another job that moved us to MI.
After leaving a state where their SPED programs were stellar, I was shocked at how the programs differed where we moved to. After being assessed, I was given a few schools to look at. The school closest to my home was a logical choice. After visiting, there was no way I would put my child in that class. There were too many children (even if it met the states ratio). Their discipline policy for children who got out of control was to strap them in a chair! No kidding! There were other issues, but all I could see was frantic teachers trying to survive. And this was a Kindergarten age program!
I ended up picking a program on the other side of the county about 45 miles from my home. It was pretty good, but again not the program I came from in N.C.
If you are able, and your district allows it, visit other schools that your child could attend. Convenience should not be the reason to keep a child in a program that is not working!
I pray that you find the right place where your child can flourish!
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Ann Giles
St. Luke''''''''''''''''s Episcopal Day School
Baton Rouge LA
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-18-2019 06:24 AM
From: Keisha Harris
Subject: My son
Good morning everyone I'm hoping someone can help me with this situation that I have as a mother and a teacher. I have a six-year-old son who is really going Through in school, I recently Set down with the child study team to talk about his behavior and how he's not focusing in school I wind up putting him in a special Ed class and getting him a speech therapist I know they Told me that he shows some signs of ADHD and depression I'm in school for early childhood education for special ed, as I watch his behavior at home and teach him the way that I'm being taught and the way I teach my own students I see no signs of ADHD or depression I know when he can't get his way he throws tantrums or crys in which I give him a minute to calm his body. But lately the school has been stressing me out Because There telling me that he's been crying a lot and acting out a lot more which I don't see that at home but when I ask him what's going on, he tells me someone is talking to him and He tells them to stop it and I don't like it, and when he tries to tell the teacher she tells him to put his hand down and he also told me and his sister That when someone had hit him and he told the teacher and she told him to keep quiet which is unacceptable in my book because I'm teaching him what to do at home or what to say and they're doing something else in school. I don't think I made the right decision in putting him in special ed because he doesn't need it I don't know what to do as a mother and a teacher.
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Keisha Harris
Teacher special ed
Grand Canyon University
Camden NJ
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