Re: Second Child/Bashing Texas, Digest Number 1358

October 23, 2003

I didn't get this meaning from Marvin's post. I do think he is right though.

If we expect 40 hours of ABA from the school district and don't get it, we

most likely will bash Texas. I got 40 hours a week for two years once (not in

Texas) but my friend got 40 hours plus a $3000.00 two week summer camp. I

still don't know how she did it. I had two different PhD's saying my son

definitely needed this. I don't know what hurdles she jumped thru but I was

exhausted just getting him 40 hours. With this 40 hours also came a business

because

I had to keep time logs, accounting, writing checks... my daughter felt

neglected but this is what I had to do for my son.

I know a parent that did not wish to fight with a room full of IEP experts

and did not attend the IEP meeting. She considers this her best move because

she got more speech, ot, pt, ape, than when she attended the IEP Meetings. I

may do that next time as I never agree with them anyway. They tell me an hour

and a half of speech a week is sufficient but I think two and half hours a week

for a nonverbal child is better. A half hour a day is what I feel nonverbal

children should get.

My son is doing great verbally, weight wise, cognitively, and also with

humor. I am no longer concentrating so much on education but more on nutrition

and

testing. I know he needs acyclovir for his HHV-6 (which 90% of the

population is affected) and I need to get his saliva tested for the measles to

see if

he would also benefit from a two day high dose of clo and vit a palmitate (I

guess the measles virus can really throw off the immune system). If anyone

wants me to find this article, just email me directly w/subject measles and I

will

look for it.

> Subject: Re: Second Child/Bashing Texas

>

> I would like to say that I was very offended by marvin's post.

> " In my opinion, a person's satisfaction with the level of services

> provided by Texas schools is directly and inversely related to a

> person's level of expectation -- the less you expect, the more

> satisfied you are -- the more you expect, the less satisfied you

> are. "

> That statement is telling me that just because I don't spend my time

> bitching and hating Texas and what Texas has to offer, then I must

> not be expecting much for my child. I am just one of those mothers

> who are happy just to have my son out of my hair and in school. Who

> cares whether he learns or not? That is so far from the truth!!! I

> expect more then you can imagine from my school district, and guess

> what?...They have have been delivering!! Not only does my child get

> ABA at the school but they also have a home trainer come into my home

> several times a week and do ABA here. My son has his own aide at all

> times during school hours and the turnover rate has been extremely

> low. So yes, I am very happy in Texas...but that is not because I

> expect too little for my child. I was getting tired of all the Texas

> bashing because just as some of you cannot leave Texas for whatever

> reasons...Some people have to move here and don't have a choice! I

> just didn't think telling them " don't move here " was an answer some

> of these individuals were wanting to here. They were asking for

> advice on school districts and etc. They were not asking your opinion

> on whether or not they should move.

> I am very happy with the services I have been recieving here...and

> if that makes me a bad or crazy mother, so be it.

October 23, 2003