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Day 9 ~ more fun than you can shake a taco at.

So I had to stop at our high school to sign some papers for one of my kids special education teachers, and the Superintendent happened to hear my voice. He came out, asked me if I had a few minutes so he could give me the paperwork for home schooling. Now, if you are following my blog, you already know this.. we are in spirited discussions with our district regarding the return of our youngest to public school. He was in a residential behavior modification program for 7 months. And once he completed their program they discharged him. Now the school doesn’t want him back, they want us to bus him 40 miles one way to another day treatment program. They will pay all expenses. Our argument is that our son deserves a chance to at least try to be successful in the public school setting. Least Restrictive Environment it

Day 7 ~ A wake up and PWN from the school

Good morning friends… Well, actually it is afternoon, but I have been up and about for about 6 hours. Cheers to you on this glorious morning. A couple of things to start our day. Last night, David had an incredible meltdown, his first since being in the residential facility. I admit, I did not handle it well. I apologised to him for my response to his meltdown. It happened, we are moving forward. Today, we are working on school work since there is still no apparent movement by the school district to resolve our impasse about David returning to public school. But, then a short while ago, I got a call from one of our care coordinators for David. She received a hand written Prior Written Notice (PWN) from the school district. I called up our advocate to see if she had received one as well. Never in my life

>Staffing session for our Child

>Well, today we had staffing for our son. As I have posted before he is in a residential facility right now learning behavior management among other things. The staffing includes such people as myself, the mentor coordinator, the program coordinator, the therapist, psychologist, nurse, partnerships care coordinator, family inclusion therapist, our son, and today we included the principal from he school. We also invited our advocate from Protection and Advocacy. Surprisingly our son and the principal didn’t have any issues. Which is good. During the course of the staffing, which lasts about an hour, everyone present gets input into our sons care. Including our son. He didn’t say a whole lot. He talked about responsibility, not pushing or provoking others, and being respectful. Our son recognizes and indicates that he is frustrated with himself when he misbehaves. He apparently doesn’t like the person he becomes when he is having a