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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you’re going to have a hard road finding a school. You should probably talk to your advocate about options.

I also think you’re going to have to get better at working with the school, wherever your child ends up. This is your child’s first year at the school. They barely know him and how he acts at home probably is quite different than what they see in the school environment. Similarly, what works at home isn’t likely to work at school. They need time to figure out what works. You’ve had years to figure him out and you only have one or a few kids. [/quote]

This. He’s adjusting to school and the school is still learning about what will work for him. As are you. The fidget toy thing- there has gotta be a reason they are saying to limit to 5 minutes. Is he running around with them and distracting other kids? Refusing to do any work because he is playing with the fidget toy instead? Not saying either of these things are even developmentally inappropriate for a 5 year old but I’m trying to figure out where they’re coming from. A 1:1 aide and a teacher aren’t going to try to make their lives harder and disrupt the class MORE by taking away an accommodation that’s helpful. It makes me think, it’s probably not helpful. See what I’m getting at? Even if you assume the school is out to get you, the teacher still wants her job to go more smoothly with your son in her class. For her own personal sanity. So she isn’t going to be like, let’s take away these helpful fidget toys just to make dad angry. 
It’s a long and hard process and I’m sorry. [/quote]

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