I tried, I changed, but still am getting divorced!

[newmama]

lol- Dating in the Dark is kinda silly! I like to watch it because I like watching reality dating shows. It is just pure entertainment... it is interesting to hear how picky people are about looks or see people assume that others won't find them attractive and the reverse happens.

OK work- the meeting was OK. Apparently there are 2 things going on. ONE we need to address his behavior and get that under control (DUH!). So we added "visual schedule" and "breaks" with book on tape or computer (am still waiting for the computer guy to hook mine up)...I am going to find a piecer of a tape player because I bet he will break it somehow. But I do agree he needs breaks! How about breaks where he goes to the resource room for 30 minutes to get some INSTRUCTION? (My SPED teacher is a lazy SOB and it makes me want to be the SPED teacher for our building!) It is so not fair to my little guy! My class is waaaay too hard and overwhelming for him!

His mom told me this morning (and she speaks Spanish)that he was in a special class last year and that she thought he would still be doing it this year.

I am waiting for our translator to call her and then set up a meeting (I asked her last weekend and saw her in person and she didn't seem too concerned). I just emailed her again to see if she has been able to get hold of her yet. I expressed the urgency and gave her the name and number. GRRR!!! I don't care if she thinks I am a bitch. But i did say "I know you must be busy and I really appreciate it"

So another thing I said at the meeting was that I was an IEP team member and I would like to set up an IEP review. The school psych chuckled at me. What? Someone said they wanted to do an FBA. what will that do? how will that get him a more appropriate placement? I said " i can tell you the function of his behavior- it's work avoidance and peer attention." they chuckled again. ??? I said "I am serious!" and I wanted to tell them about the researchers from my college days who said that the teacher's first guess on the function of behavior had an 80% accuracy rate when they did a full on FBA. Sigh.

I said "in my opinion, he has the wrong placement. I can't believe they would take a kid straight from a self contained classroom with a 1:3 ratio and plop him into a regular ed classroom!" Without something in the middle like an aide, or part time pull out services...what the hell????


Oh and 1:1 aides are extrememly expensive in the district's eyes and they rarely ever give them out. It sucks because if the mom really knew her rights, she could get an advocate and then the district would be kissing her butt!

yep. hard day again. parts were good. I had some kids say cute things- I was reading "The Teacher from the Black Lagoon" and a little girl asked why the boy WANTED to go to the principal's office. I said "well how do you think he feels being in the classroom with that dragon for a teacher?" and another girl said "he wants to leave because the teacher is killing all of the kids!"