Re: meeting today!

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Go Lori! Good for you! Best of luck. FI.

" How to Compromise with Your School District Without Compromising Your Child "

Mayerson (great book)

A great tip I read somewhere said to take cookies or some type of treat to

the meetings. Just a good way to show that we are friendly and a team and set

a good atmosphere while working together for appropriate services for our kids.

Good Luck. Let us know how the meeting comes out!

lori jennings <lozzy3us@...> wrote: Wish me luck, I have a team

meeting today. The last time I directly spoke to Cole's teachers, it was a bit

of a confrontation. The teacher wanted Cole to read and he wouldn't cooperate

so she said she let him make the decision to miss recess and read during that

time. WRONG! It says in his IEP that he is not to miss recess because he needs

that time with his peers and to burn off energy. She chose to tell me this

right in front of the entire school as everybody was leaving to go home and of

course she wanted Cole to tell me of the decision he had made and he was having

a total meltdown. I went in to talk to the principal later that day and she

said she would talk to the teachers and I haven't heard anything since. My

liazon knows of this incident and she will be there today. Anyway thanks for

all your support. I really appreciate all of you! Lori

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Good Luck Lori:

Sometimes teachers just don't get it. They can have the best of

intentions but they don't quite have a handle on how they can set our

kids up to fail rather than succeed.

Be calm. Be strong. (I am talking to myself here.) I have found that

people take me more seriously when I am not frothing at the mouth! (I

have found this easier said than done, to be honest. Sometimes, I

just want to cry.)

My son is in a great school district and has a great teacher.

However, there are times when she takes an approach that is destined

to send my son into a meltdown. For example, one day my son could

not/would not complete his sentences in the writing class. She told

him if he did 4 sentences, he could go to the gym as a reward. He

didn't comply so he didn't get to go to the gym. Result: total

meltdown. The background to this was that there had been no gym class

that day - they were doing " health " - so my son had had no exercise.

My son needs exercise to help him stay calm. He probably could have

completed the sentences if she had sent him to the gym FIRST and not

set it up as a reward. Sigh!

Anyway, my longwinded advice to you is to take the high road - help

them to help your son.

Best Wishes

Trish

(mom to Noel aged 15)

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> Wish me luck, I have a team meeting today. The last time I directly

spoke to Cole's teachers, it was a bit of a confrontation. The

teacher wanted Cole to read and he wouldn't cooperate so she said

she let him make the decision to miss recess and read during that

time. WRONG! It says in his IEP that he is not to miss recess because

he needs that time with his peers and to burn off energy. She chose

to tell me this right in front of the entire school as everybody was

leaving to go home and of course she wanted Cole to tell me of the

decision he had made and he was having a total meltdown. I went in to

talk to the principal later that day and she said she would talk to

the teachers and I haven't heard anything since. My liazon knows of

this incident and she will be there today. Anyway thanks for all your

support. I really appreciate all of you! Lori

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I so feel your pain on this one. Hope everything went okay. let us hear on how

the meeting went.

Glenna

lori jennings <lozzy3us@...> wrote:

Wish me luck, I have a team meeting today. The last time I directly spoke to

Cole's teachers, it was a bit of a confrontation. The teacher wanted Cole to

read and he wouldn't cooperate so she said she let him make the decision to

miss recess and read during that time. WRONG! It says in his IEP that he is not

to miss recess because he needs that time with his peers and to burn off energy.

She chose to tell me this right in front of the entire school as everybody was

leaving to go home and of course she wanted Cole to tell me of the decision he

had made and he was having a total meltdown. I went in to talk to the principal

later that day and she said she would talk to the teachers and I haven't heard

anything since. My liazon knows of this incident and she will be there today.

Anyway thanks for all your support. I really appreciate all of you! Lori

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