Guest guest Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 Chris: Is that a district rule that they can't have extra time on the end of the year course tests? Do they allow other accommodations? I love your notations about some of the teachers not " getting it " . I think I lose a lot of people when I'm speaking in those terms too. I have a new next door neighbor and I friend who stayed over while traveling to MN, ask me if will outgrow his OCD!!! That one always just gets to me, especially after explaining it as a neurobiological illness. Would they ask that of someone who told them their child had Cerebral Palsy, asthma, or diabetes? It makes me want to stop and give them a quick mini-seminar!! :-) I hope has a successful year. is going into Middle School and his anxiety is going through the roof. But other parents say that their child is also feeling anxious -- if they only knew! He starts a week from tomorrow. At orientation he was doing o.k. until we got almost all of the way through the line to where they hand out the schedules -- well, they didn't have one for him. He is in the self-contained special ed class and is mainstreamed in art, pe, home ec (or whatever they call it these days), computer and music. Boy, did that burn my behind! They directed us to the office. Well, let's just make them feel even more different and insignificant than they already do. To say the least that heightened the anxiety a tad more. I've met his SPED teacher and had visited the room at the end of last year and was very impressed. The school counselor assigned to the SPED kids was there and she helped calm the waters for . I guess I'm through venting now. Just wanted to add, that I enjoyed meeting new people at the conference and, as always, learned some new things and enjoyed seeing my friends. I'm already looking forward to next year in Chicago -- my calendar is already marked, July 25 - 27. Tamra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2003 Report Share Posted August 6, 2003 Well, let's just make them feel even more different and insignificant than they already do. To say the least that heightened the anxiety a tad more. Tamra, that's awful to have those schedules apparently separated out! Glad the teacher & all seemed to be good. Middle school itself was fine, I bet he'll like it! It was just some of the teachers during the 3 yrs there ( & the school psych) that I found hard to deal with. Some were just great about everything (tho blind to OCD) and the accommodations needed. 'course we usually just vent when things aren't so good, not when things are going good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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