Guest guest Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Does this sound familiar? when your child is in elementary school and parents bring up concerns that they see in school and home then trying to get the school to work with you with these concerns. you are told give your child time. let him/her adjust to school. and if those same concerns aren't worked out by the time your child reaches Middle School, what I see the schools doing now is telling the parents: welcome to puberty...to learn about teenagers and puberty. by the school saying that and the parents thinking they might be right. their not! remember what was said in elementary school? give your child time to adjust... what the parents should be saying is my child had this same concerns since pre-school. now that my child started with puberty that has intensified this same concerns. However, when puberty is over my child will still have these same concerns unless they have the right supports in place for them from the start. which started in elementary school. check your progress reports and have them at the meetings. what I'm trying to say is: don't let them use puberty as an excuse/crutch just to push your child through the system into high school without working with the child. Check out all your childs progress reports & doctor reports from elementary school. does your child have the same concerns now in M.S. that is the schools outlet passing the blame onto puberty and telling the parents to learn about teenagers. we all know our children and we all know those concerns were there before puberty - durning puberty - and will be there after puberty unless the school focuses on the concern instead of passing the concern on to something else.... I'm not talking about a new behavior that you are seeing now that your child started puberty and is now a teenager. I'm talking about the same concerns that are now intensified in M.S. with puberty. in elementary school parents are told - give the child time to adjust, school is new for him/her. Middle School - it's puberty, Highschool another excuse - again give your child time - they are going through alot with cramping down for these test, planning for college, etc... always something..instead, us parents should stay focused on the child and the concern. not the excuse the school gives us until the child is out and still struggling with the same concerns. the teachers are trained at the school meetings to say things to distract us parents. after all that is their 200 meeting with parents for that year - it's our first for that year. before you know it your child will be finished with school and still have those same concerns unless we get the school to work with the concern instead of distracting us parents with excusses.. Just a thought to pass on.. Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I agree with you, Rose. We were often told our ds was in a phase of some sort or that "all kids this age do that." It's a good message to tell parents not to accept this brush off when they have a kid with AS/HFA. Roxanna "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Jefferson ( ) middle H.S. and meetings Does this sound familiar? when your child is in elementary school and parents bring up concerns that they see in school and home then trying to get the school to work with you with these concerns. you are told give your child time. let him/her adjust to school. and if those same concerns aren't worked out by the time your child reaches Middle School, what I see the schools doing now is telling the parents: welcome to puberty...to learn about teenagers and puberty. by the school saying that and the parents thinking they might be right. their not! remember what was said in elementary school? give your child time to adjust... what the parents should be saying is my child had this same concerns since pre-school. now that my child started with puberty that has intensified this same concerns. However, when puberty is over my child will still have these same concerns unless they have the right supports in place for them from the start. which started in elementary school. check your progress reports and have them at the meetings. what I'm trying to say is: don't let them use puberty as an excuse/crutch just to push your child through the system into high school without working with the child. Check out all your childs progress reports & doctor reports from elementary school. does your child have the same concerns now in M.S. that is the schools outlet passing the blame onto puberty and telling the parents to learn about teenagers. we all know our children and we all know those concerns were there before puberty - durning puberty - and will be there after puberty unless the school focuses on the concern instead of passing the concern on to something else.... I'm not talking about a new behavior that you are seeing now that your child started puberty and is now a teenager. I'm talking about the same concerns that are now intensified in M.S. with puberty. in elementary school parents are told - give the child time to adjust, school is new for him/her. Middle School - it's puberty, Highschool another excuse - again give your child time - they are going through alot with cramping down for these test, planning for college, etc... always something..instead, us parents should stay focused on the child and the concern. not the excuse the school gives us until the child is out and still struggling with the same concerns. the teachers are trained at the school meetings to say things to distract us parents. after all that is their 200 meeting with parents for that year - it's our first for that year. before you know it your child will be finished with school and still have those same concerns unless we get the school to work with the concern instead of distracting us parents with excusses.. Just a thought to pass on.. Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 This happened with my Son all through school with his Dyslexia, and it wasn't until college he got the proper help he needed, so yes fight for your kids and keep fighting until you get heard and the help you need for them. Carolyn From: Roxanna <MadIdeas@...> Sent: Thu, 20 January, 2011 23:44:59Subject: Re: ( ) middle H.S. and meetings I agree with you, Rose. We were often told our ds was in a phase of some sort or that "all kids this age do that." It's a good message to tell parents not to accept this brush off when they have a kid with AS/HFA. Roxanna"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Jefferson ( ) middle H.S. and meetings Does this sound familiar? when your child is in elementary school and parents bring up concerns that they see in school and home then trying to get the school to work with you with these concerns. you are told give your child time. let him/her adjust to school. and if those same concerns aren't worked out by the time your child reaches Middle School, what I see the schools doing now is telling the parents:welcome to puberty...to learn about teenagers and puberty.by the school saying that and the parents thinking they might be right.their not! remember what was said in elementary school? give your child time to adjust... what the parents should be saying is my child had this same concerns since pre-school. now that my child started with puberty that has intensified this same concerns. However, when puberty is over my child will still have these same concerns unless they have the right supports in place for them from the start. which started in elementary school. check your progress reports and have them at the meetings. what I'm trying to say is: don't let them use puberty as an excuse/crutch just to push your child through the system into high school without working with the child.Check out all your childs progress reports & doctor reports from elementary school. does your child have the same concerns now in M.S.that is the schools outlet passing the blame onto puberty and telling the parents to learn about teenagers. we all know our children and we all know those concerns were there before puberty - durning puberty - and will be there after puberty unless the school focuses on the concern instead of passing the concern on to something else....I'm not talking about a new behavior that you are seeing now that your child started puberty and is now a teenager. I'm talking about the same concerns that are now intensified in M.S. with puberty.in elementary school parents are told - give the child time to adjust, school is new for him/her. Middle School - it's puberty, Highschool another excuse - again give your child time - they are going through alot with cramping down for these test, planning for college, etc... always something..instead, us parents should stay focused on the child and the concern. not the excuse the school gives us until the child is out and still struggling with the same concerns. the teachers are trained at the school meetings to say things to distract us parents. after all that is their 200 meeting with parents for that year - it's our first for that year. before you know it your child will be finished with school and still have those same concerns unless we get the school to work with the concern instead of distracting us parents with excusses..Just a thought to pass on..Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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