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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does one go about doing this? Is this something that must be put into an IEP? My child has adhd and spd and can be impulsive. While some acts are overlooked others are punished as though he has no neurological issue whatsoever.  [/quote]

You can get a behavior plan through the school.  An example in my son's case was that instead os using the green/yellow/red card program that MCPS uses in ES, my son was given a checklist of activities he had to complete at various points in the day.  Instead of requiring that he sit in his seat to work, he was allowed to stand or sit on the floor so long as he wasn't disruptive.

Now to the however.  The school is still a zero tolerance zone when it comes to any type of violence and he would never have been given a pass or a less stringent punishment if he hit someone on the playground.  Even though he is extremely impulsive, he is expected to tell an adult if someone does something to him and would be punished just as any other kid if he, say, pushed the offending kid instead of getting an adult.

One last thing.  In my experience in MCPS, recess is rarely taken away from kids.  Sometimes if the kids don't get their work finished, they are offered the opportunity to spend half of recess inside rather than taking the work home to finish.  The only other time recess is taken away is for a serious rule violation, such as bullying, hitting or the like.  Then, depending on the infraction, recess is taken away for multiple days and the kids have to spend the time in the principal's office.  Again, even with the behavior program, my son would be subject to the same discipline.  Personally, I don't have an issue with this though because, hard as it is for him, he has to learn to control himself and I would prefer that people are hard on him in ES rather than letting him off easy and then suspending him in MS.    [/quote]

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