Inappropriate response from teachers at Elementary School Summer Program
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Anonymous
| DS (age 8) has autism and ADHD and an IEP but attends a mainstream school with pull out services. He did not qualify for ESY but was recommended for the summer school program. He has not been supported well and has had multiple anxiety attacks where he said he was going to kill himself. We were called multiple times and each time we would rush there and he would calm down immediately. Our ABA therapist did an observation there and said DS was definitely not getting enough support and would just withdraw into a corner the whole day. This past Friday, he climbed up onto one of the cubbies and said he was going to jump and kill himself. We were called and while DH was comforting DS, the teachers started giggling. DS, who had calmed down by then, asked why they were giggling. The teachers looked surprised that he would ask and replied that they were laughing about a child that kicked a hornets nest and got stung. DS asked why someone getting hurt would be funny and they did not respond. This is completely inappropriate and to observe the teachers' behaving like this while we were there implies that it is way worse when we are not. We are definitely not sending DS back but also feel that we should not let this type of behavior go unaccounted for. |
Anonymous
| Then do something about it besides post here, which actually accomplishes nothing. |
Anonymous
But what can we do? |
Anonymous
| Then get in touch with the superintendent. |
Anonymous
How? Does she have a direct email I can report this issue or should I send her a tweet? |
Anonymous
| Summer school is voluntary and only 4 hours a day. I would pull your child. |
Anonymous
| Why did you keep sending him back into an environment that was so detrimental to his mental health? |
Anonymous
We were trying to adjust his medications at the time and was wondering whether it was him getting use to the new medications. When we observed this, we decided to stop sending him right away. |
Anonymous
We are but why should this type of behavior by teachers be tolerated? I understand summer school is voluntary but MCPS also did not approve ESY. We do have an advocate on retainer and will explore other options with DS's education. The whole point of sending him to Summer school was because he needed extra teaching to help him learn and retain the material from second grade. |
Anonymous
| He sounds like such a sweetheart! He’s right! It isn’t funny to laugh at people being hurt. What a tender heart he has to see that, and how brave he is to say it out loud! |
Anonymous
It’s not either or-it shouldn’t be tolerated but nor should you send him someplace he’s unsafe. I’m not on moco so do t know the contact but I’m sure yuh can find it on the website. Do not tweet before you do that! |
Anonymous
| Your kid needs more support than summer school can offer if he's repeatedly threatening to kill himself. This is not typical behavior. |
Anonymous
| Think about how it’s going to sound when you make the complaint…. I mean it’s not the best thing in the world, but you seem like you’re looking for someone or something to blame. |
Anonymous
| You make no sense. The teachers don’t sound inappropriate. Is no one ever suppose to laugh around your kid? |
Anonymous
DS was having an anxiety attack. DH was called to calm him down and was in the process of doing so. Why would the teachers be in the room laughing and giggling while DH is trying to calm DS and then make up a totally inappropriate reason as to why they are giggling. Are you saying that it is okay to tell an 8 year old that another child get stung by hornets is funny? |