School's attitude

[Guest guest]

I just came from a team meeting and need to vent. The school did an FBA on my

son and this meeting was to review it. The first thing that was said that most

of the behaviors observed were no longer an issue. Nothing like an out of date

report to base your child's plan - SIGH. It was a long meeting. The short of it

is that my son needs more social skills work. (DUH) They only provide him one

opportunity per week. The psychologist said that my son needs it 5x/wk Then the

school staff proceeded to tell me how it was my issue and not theirs. That I

should make it my number one priority. (I felt like slapping the woman who said

this.) And since there is no local help then I should be willing to travel to

get this help for my son. When I asked how they expected my son to handle a lot

of travel on a week day when he has so much homework (he stresses if he can't

finish). Not to mention my son already has a lot of afterschool appointments

related to his health issues and the fact that although I have flexibility in my

schedule I do work full time. I also pointed out that having social skills

groups with strangers that he'll probably never see again hasn't helped in the

past and that he really needed more social opportunities within school. Once I

said this then they started thinking of other opportunities that they could work

out. So far there is an informal lunch group (one that had been discontinued but

started back up despite the counselor's wish). I'm hoping that they come up with

some suggestions because the outside group during the school year is just not an

option because it puts too much stress on my son.

Thanks for letting me vent. Overall this is a good school district but

sometimes....SIGH.

Caroline