agression/school

[Guest guest]

I read this thread where a child was asked not to come to school until they have

an emergency IEP but didn't have time to respond ... and the thread is now

confused with other subjects ..

I wanted to say this ..

1. If the school ask you to keep your child at home ... I would say GREAT ...

when is the homeschool teacher coming .. I expect service will be provided by

tom. or you can speak to my lawyer. It is against the law for them NOT to

provide ongoing services ... You will see how fast they will change their mind!

2. As far as the aggression goes ... What behavioral plan DO they have in

place. Bring an advocate with you to that meeting AND record it .. make the

school responsible for letting you know WHAT they are doing to try to resonably

change the behavior. They should have a plan in place with definate actions and

reactions that ALL follow religiously reguardless of what your child is doing to

try to defuse and overcome his issues ..

3 .. What are you doing for his aggression? For our son his aggression was

almost 100 percent eliminated through supplementation and diet ... We had his

cholesterol levels checked. They were dangerously low ... Too low of

cholesterol levels lead to aggression ... So our son takes Sonic Cholesterol.

It nearly eliminated all aggressive behaviors. He also take liquid low dose

lithium oratate ... it further reduced his aggression. We also have a PEC

picture card with photos of different moods .. like happy, sad, sick, nervous,

angry and ill. If our son is showing anger ... we get out his cards and ask

him how he is feeling. He chooses off a picture and places it next to the

sentence ... I feel ....

Then we have cards for each one of those emotions that tell him what to do when

he feels that way ..

For example .. I feel angry. When I feel angry I want to throw things, or hit

people or bite or pinch someone. When I feel this way I need to know it is ok

to feel angry, but it is not ok to want to hurt someone else. When I feel

angry, I need to stop, take a deep breath and then count to 10 slowly. When I

am finished counting to 10 if I still feel angry I need to count some more and

breath deeply again. I cn always ask my teacher/parents for help if I am angry

and don't know what to do. I can go to a quiet area or I can ask for a break.

If I am really angry sometimes it helps if I just sit down and think for a

moment and take a break.

We had to teach our son what was the RIGHT way to deal with anger ... because he

just didn't know ...

Melinda