Re:Autistic child arrested - 9 years old- at school- This is horrible!

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Officials: Special-Needs Student Throws Rock At Prinicpal POSTED: 7:38 am EDT August 25, 2006 UPDATED: 8:03 am EDT August 25, 2006 CANTON, Ohio -- A 9-year-old special-needs student climbed out of a school window and onto the roof, where he threw rocks and a brick at his principal, authorities said. The boy was arrested and charged with felonious assault and other counts, The Repository reported Friday. The boy was being led away in handcuffs when his mother, Muhleman, arrived at Schreiber Elementary School on Thursday. "I was saying, 'He's autistic. You're going to take him in handcuffs. Come on,"' she told the newspaper. "We're talking about a 9-year-old with developmental disabilities." The boy climbed out of a second-floor window onto the

first-floor roof of the renovated section of the school about 1:40 p.m. Thursday, Lt. Cole said. He threw rocks and a brick at principal Clifford Reynolds, who was on the roof with firefighters trying to persuade the boy to come back into the building, Cole said. "He was disorderly and agitated from something that happened inside the school," Cole said. Muhleman said her son was upset because other children refused to play with him. He has difficulty communicating with people and often reacts with frustration or confusion when he can't express himself, she said. "It's not because he's out of control. It's because no one understands him," she said. Reynolds and firefighters managed to get the boy back inside and took him to the principal's office, where he grabbed the principal's paddle and raised it in a threatening manner, fire Capt. Goldy said. The boy then struck the

principal in the chest with his hand, Cole said. The principal was not seriously injured and did not require treatment, police said. The boy was taken to a juvenile detention center and released to his mother about 6 p.m. "Obviously nobody wants to bring a kid that young into the juvenile justice system, but sometimes it's necessary just to make sure that things like this don't happen again," said Cordova, juvenile chief assistant prosecutor. The boy's wrists were red because of the handcuffs, Muhleman said. "He's grounded," she said. "He's not going to be having a lot of fun for a little while." Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may Barb Rutt <ocecdbr@...> wrote: Hi: ohdela is a good alternative. The electronic schools are part of the charter school system and they are like public schools They have to write and provide services on the child's IEP just like the regular public schools. Virtual School House is another charter school that offers either a classroom (located in Cleveland Heights) or an at-home on line experence. They also provide a certain number of hours of tutoring per week. A teacher will come out and provide instruction and they will also

provide therapy stated on the IEP. You are right, if you go the charter school direction, you do not have to fill out an application and provide the services yourself because you are enrolling your child in another school system, only if parents want to home school. There is a difference between parents home schooling and enrolling the child for a virtual school experience through a charter school. They are both in home education; it just determins who is providing the education. -----Original Message----- From: cws9 Sent: Aug 24, 2006 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [ ] Hi Hi: I homeschooled my son for a while but I did it through ohdela(ohio distance education learning academy).They provided everything we needed at no cost to me,books,laptop,printer,cirriculum,internet,even funding for extraciricular activities of my choice. I really didn't have to get permission from anyone,I just had to withdraw him from school the day before enrolling him in ohdela. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barb Rutt Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [ ] Hi Hi : Wow..I could feel the frustration just coming through. I just wanted to give you a little info on home schooling. First off, if you are for sure going the route of home schooling you need to go on the Ohio Department of Educations website and there is a form you need to fill out and send in. I believe it needs to be okayed and signed off by your superintendent. When you withdraw your child from your current public school to home school you are relieving your district of the responsibility it has to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education. When you home school you become your child's public school and all responsibility (including financial) falls on your shoulders. You'd have to pick a curriculum and your are responsible for

providing (and paying for) any related services your child will need; such as, speech, O/T, etc. Unfortunately no funding is thrown your way to help off-set the costs. I had looked into this possibility with my own child because of issues she was having at school. Unfortunately we have sold our house and moved to another district who so far seems to be doing okay. (My daughter is in high school). I know this probably does not answer all your questions but it is at least a start. Barb -----Original Message----- From: Biehl Sent: Aug 24, 2006 2:56 PM Subject: [ ] Hi Hello Everyone, I have not written in awhile and wanted to update those of you interested in how things are going with Dylan's IEP and the legal process we have had to go

thru to get what he needs. We have had along summer waiting for our July meeting that was promised by the school and never happened. We waited to be contacted to meet his teacher before school started and that never happened. We waited for an updated IEP and recieved a copy of it the second day of school after we kept him home the first day. Our attorney and the IEP team met today and I must tell you I was frustrated. The school is not one bit interested in the fact when he comes home that he can not function. It was said that as long as he is doing fine in school that there was not much else that they needed to worry about. Our son's intervention specialist is always on the defensive can't get past her own problems to see that she is hurting our son by ignoring his sensory issues. She was doing alot of the "I have done," and "me" I wanted to remind her that this was not about her. They have Dylan doing his own documenting of his

day for us. Which I am unsure how I feel about this. We did have a victory in the sense that they got specific in the IEP on times and days of services. They turned us down when we asked for his own aide. We have gotton to the point we want to home school him. Does anyone here do that or know someone who is home schooling? At least we would no exactly what he gets and how he is doing. Its been a very long day so if I am babbling sorry. I know he will be home in a half hour and off the wall. Please let me know about home schooling. Thanks Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Small Business.

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