update on the sped face spray incident

[Guest guest]

Hope everyone had a good holiday. I wanted to update everyone on

how the IEP meeting went after I found out they were spraying Hannah

in the face with water to get her to follow directions. After

taking the advice of many on this list, I contacted the

superintendant, easter seals, disability coalition, the ark dept of

education, and CIRCUIT (an advocacy program). I had an advocate at

the meeting which lasted 4 hours. It was a tad heated to start and

I had to work at keeping my emotions in check. I let them know in

no uncertian terms that I did not trust the teacher, that they were

mistreating her and abusing her and I would not allow it. Easter

Seals is sending someone in to train the staff. We developed a

behavior plan that included a push cart for Hannah to push from

place to place and in class, (and low and behold, no more pushing of

the wheelchairs and no more trouble staying on task getting from

class to class). We have a communication notebook and a sped

teacher that is seemingly doing all the right things to correct her

offenses. I did tell the committee that I felt that it was as much

their fault as the teachers for not knowing what she was doing and

for not training her to know this was wrong....although to me common

sense tells you this face spraying is wrong. Anyway, we have been

back in school a week and things seem to be going much smoother. I

would like to think all our problems are over...but we all know how

that is. Thanks again for all the help and support.

Tammy

mom to Hannah 6

[Guest guest]

I am glad to hear it Tamy. This had me heated for a

few days. I am interested in what they had to say

about their behavior and lack of supervision on the

Principals part and what if any, the district had to

say. I hope you said something about spraying their

kids in the face or something like that I am also

curious as to why THEY were so heated.

B

--- tjm64 <tammymccall@...> wrote:

> Hope everyone had a good holiday. I wanted to

> update everyone on

> how the IEP meeting went after I found out they were

> spraying Hannah

> in the face with water to get her to follow

> directions. After

> taking the advice of many on this list, I contacted

> the

> superintendant, easter seals, disability coalition,

> the ark dept of

> education, and CIRCUIT (an advocacy program). I had

> an advocate at

> the meeting which lasted 4 hours. It was a tad

> heated to start and

> I had to work at keeping my emotions in check. I

> let them know in

> no uncertian terms that I did not trust the teacher,

> that they were

> mistreating her and abusing her and I would not

> allow it. Easter

> Seals is sending someone in to train the staff. We

> developed a

> behavior plan that included a push cart for Hannah

> to push from

> place to place and in class, (and low and behold, no

> more pushing of

> the wheelchairs and no more trouble staying on task

> getting from

> class to class). We have a communication notebook

> and a sped

> teacher that is seemingly doing all the right things

> to correct her

> offenses. I did tell the committee that I felt that

> it was as much

> their fault as the teachers for not knowing what she

> was doing and

> for not training her to know this was

> wrong....although to me common

> sense tells you this face spraying is wrong.

> Anyway, we have been

> back in school a week and things seem to be going

> much smoother. I

> would like to think all our problems are over...but

> we all know how

> that is. Thanks again for all the help and support.

>

>

> Tammy

> mom to Hannah 6

>

>

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