Re: Denver trip

[Guest guest]

Charlene, I'm sorry your school district isn't more helpful. Sadly

we're dealing with similar problems here. We'll have our first IEP

in Sept. & after talking to other parents in our area I'm not looking

forward to it. At our last local support group we were told VA(where

I live) ranked #47 for child services! I wish I could find this

report, but I've tried doing a search on the internet, but so far

nothing. If anyone else knows of such a report or study please share

this info with me. I think someone said it was called State of the

States. We are going to look into moving if we can't get our school

district to give our daughter what she needs.

Wendie

> Today was my Denver trip to see specialist on autism. My

daughter

> is diagnosed as PDD-NOS and he felt that as long as the school

corporates

> shell be just fine. He didnt agree that get detention

or kicked

> out of school for social problems but he would like more positive

> reinforcement. Then it was turn who had to be held down

for a head

> measurement and so forth. He was concerned and actually thought

of

> as severe. I told him about the doctor in Raton prescribing him

conserta

> and this doctor said no way. For one thing does not

swallow pills

> and you cant crush this pill because that will destroy the time

release of

> this drug. He said the best thing might be respidol or something

like

> that. The paperwork is in the vehicle and I am tired. I then

told him

> how ridiculous the schools are here and he said yes nothing in

Colorado your

> best bet is to move! You know I couldnt help but notice on the

drive up

> there to Denver that Denver and Colorado Springs have quite the

population

> and there is no excuse for not having better special education then

they do.

> I mean they cant use the same rural excuse as they do here!

Then I

> found a woman with a special needs son who I was complaining too

about

> things. She then refered me to different organizations and so

forth. I

> then realized that most people here find other means to compensate

the nasty

> school system. He found serious and feels I should have an

up to

> date evaluation on him to make my case.

> I gotta go for now tired. Charlene

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