Where to find High Tops

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We are in N. California and have had great luck at Walmart, Ross, Macy's, Norstrom's, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Payless or Sears. We have luck with size 8 -13 and now on to boys size 1. Ross Dress for Less has great "last year's" styles. You can get great high tops on line, but the price and S & H kills ya! nnaMommy to Freddie 8yrsFull Inclusion - 2ND Grade!

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To: DownSyndromeInfoExchange Sent: Sat, December 19, 2009 10:43:21 AMSubject: Re: [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] Shoe advice

I would just like to add one comment hereour Annie would keep taking shoes off and it was because her feet had finally grown and they were too smallmine you this little girl would wear the same size for over a year so never really gave it much thought till I tookthe time to figure it out - non verbal at the time - she still is in a 9 and is 8 years old we are still wearing out the bottomsbefore the shoes are small - also sometimes I know from my own experience the socks line on the toes can hit a seamon the inside of the shoe and drive me crazy - so I need to stop and adjust that - we strive to buy good solid shoesto help her ankles too - though once she was out of a size 6 we can't find high tops here till size 13 which is a long way offrox

From: Freddies Mommy <freddie5smommy@ yahoo.com>To: DownSyndromeInfoExc hange@yahoogroup s.comSent: Sat, December 19, 2009 3:21:54 AMSubject: [DownSyndromeInfoEx change] Shoe advice

I give this advice with 8 years of parental experience and two years working for a public school district in classrooms with inclusion programs in place.

Been there, done that, only allowed high tops and over the ankle boots until age 6. If you have a child who for whatever reason likes to remove their shoes, high tops are incredibly difficult to remove. Regular shoes, with little force and effort, slip right off. High tops have a few more angles to maneuver. With the incredible amount of shoe styles on the market today, you can get some pretty cute and feminine high tops that offer great foot support! Double knots are always a good idea! My eight year old has yet to get his double knotted high tops off with out assistance! He also has now matured enough to know when it is appropriate to take off shoes. With age comes the wisdom to realize that wet and cold feel icky!

It is the classroom aides job to deal with shoes and laces. As long as your child gets there and into school with shoes on, let the aide worry about the rest of the daily shoe regime. If they object to the hassle of the high tops, I would think then you should pursue the issue through an IEP, sighting physical safety as the immediate need for an IEP.

Educate yourself on what the law and your district policy is about recording meetings www.wrightslaw. com .

No one is saying it wasn't a poor decision to allow your child to walk from the bus to the building with out shoes on her feet. Now ask yourself do you think it was the schools intention to hurt your child, to intentionally cause a cold weather injury? If the answer is yes, of course you should pursue it further with a call to the proper authorities. Of all the battles you face ahead of you, I think down the road you will find this shoe incident was pretty tame and easily resolved.

An adversarial relationship with your child's school serves no ones best interest. Open, honest dialogue (both ways) is the best way to keep your child on the path to success.

nnaMommy to Freddie 8yrsFull Inclusion - 2ND Grade!

"We can change the world one classroom at a time" - Gail on

From: "jhunter5431@ charter.net" <jhunter5431@ charter.net>To: DownSyndromeInfoExc hange@yahoogroup s.comSent: Thu, December 17, 2009 7:30:57 PMSubject: [DownSyndromeInfoEx change]

I would like everyone's opinions on this following issue:This morning while I put my 3 yr. old daughter on the school bus, I found out that she is once again taking off her shoes and socks. The monitor will put them on her but she continues to take them off. Today the monitor said when they get to school, the teachers aide gets her of bus and has her walk into school without shoes and socks on. I called bus transportation and was told that once the bus is at school the teachers are in charge. I contacted her dad and discussed it with him. Right after that, the school called me as bus transportation contacted them regarding this. I talked to the Special Ed. Coordinator and she was sorry that this had happened and that she questioned the teacher and it had happened only 1 time. I asked her to arrange a meeting and she said it could take place before the Christmas party or after but she didn't want the teacher "rattled" since she had an afternoon

class to teach. They had no issues with me and my husband being rattled. My husband parked his semi in a parking lot and we went to the meeting. We met first with the Sp Ed Coordinator and she apologized and said that this never should have happened. We told her that we were going to record the meeting and all that was said would be on record. We then found out that this occured not once, not twice, but 3 times in extreme cold weather (one morning it was 15 degrees).!! The teacher was then brought in with another employee and we were told we were not allowed to record the meeting that we had to go to CEO for permission. The teacher apologized and said it would not happen again. This is all that was said. My question to you all, we are not satisified with the outcome of this meeting, no disciplinary action was taken against this teacher, at that time, and we were told that it is not our business how they discipline the teachers. Should we go the

police or attorney for child endangerment? We feel that the school is just cover it up and put it under the rug. What would you do if this was your child?