teacher requested medication increase!

December 10, 2009

My 6 yr old Aspie has been acting out in class lately, apparently. Received a

" note " on his behavior calendar earlier this week, that " meds may need to be

increased, they are not working! " . (behavior calendar is for everyone in class)

First, he has been tested and denied any services, because he is making straight

a's and is reading 2 levels above 1st grade. He has NO IEP, NO 504, NO behavior

plan, NO accommodations. The only thing he gets is Ritalin at school, provided

and paid for by us, of course.

The school has not been willing to give him any accommodations at this point.

They denied an IEP, didn't offer to evaluate for a 504 because he was " doing so

well " . Now, he's having behavior issues both in the classroom, and at PE. The

PE coach called me today at work, and put my son on the phone. When I asked him

what was going on, his reply to me was " my meds need to be increased, they

aren't working " (what he read that his teacher had written on his behavior

chart). I of course replied to him that he is still responsible for how he is

acting, and that he had to listen to his teacher, whether he had medication or

not. That wasn't an excuse.

What would you guys suggest my next step should be? Interested in hearing what

some of you would suggest.

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