What goes on during a Child Study (2nd grade)?

October 12, 2006

My 7yo son has problems with his behavior. He likes to touch kids,

immature behavior, says things that are out of context, and doesn't

understand instructions well when doing schoolwork.

I had homeschooled him until this year and thought I would try him

in school to see how he would do. By day three, he was causing

problems. I didn't tell the school about his problems which

according to his OT and speech therapists are related to vestibular

and proprioceptive dysfunctions. I just didn't want them labeling

him in his school record. I did tell them that he likes to talk and

that he's never been in school before and that he would need help

adjusting to seven hours in school.

Well, his teacher didn't do much to help him get use to the routine,

like putting your things away when arriving at school, handing in

homework papers, returning library books, taking Accelarated Reader

tests, getting his lunch in the lunchline, getting his things

together when it's time to leave, etc. Also, the guidance counsler

and I decided that he needed his juice on his desk to drink

throughout the morning due to going five hours without eating carbs,

and he has the acetone breath issue if he doesn't eat carbs. The

teacher doesn't make sure he drinks it every day.

The teacher tells me that he's not a behavior issue. He just has

attention problems. Oh, yeah.

Last week he got two yellow slips and was suspended one day after

the second one. Now, they want to do a child study. What does this

involve? And, what will I be allowed to input? I do not like the

speech therapist's behavior with the children. I observed her last

year when she worked with my preschooler for receptive and

expressive language. She had this attitude with the other child in

the room that he wasn't listening and like he was wasting her time.

She would huff and puff at the child if he did things wrong. Poor

child. I can see her doing my 7yo that way. I don't want therapy

with her.

Thanks for any help.

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