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I think an educational specialist should have been assigned to create a return to school program. They should have received a list of missed assignments with the ones marked as necessary vs. not necessary.

Trying to email 6 different teachers and get a list of missed assignments only created animosity between my child and the teachers, it hurt their relationship. The teachers don't understand concussions and were less than kind when asked to provide a list of missed assignments. They were also not very happy about having to teach after school all the work he missed.

I know they have teachers that go to the homes of sick kids. Maybe somebody like that could have taught my son his missed work. I think it put stress on a teacher that is already stressed and they probably need to get somewhere after school but my son was told by the school to meet with the teachers after school to make up the work.

I don't really care about the missed book or any of the missed assignment... except Math and Science. I was glad we were not doing a language. History and Literature... most kids forget 80% of that stuff a month after they take the test. I think grades are relative and often subjective. So I don't really take this stuff too seriously.

What I do think is important is the relationship of the student to the teacher. Being that kid that made your life harder, turns into a negative relationship with the teacher and that makes the rest of the year, every day hard.

Concussions have an emotional aspect to them, so a teacher that is being mean and rude to a student, normally... I would tell my son to suck it up. But he was crying at the drop off a hat for 2 months. It had nothing to do with him being overly sensitive, he had a bruised brain and he was unable to control his emotions, A normal teacher is not equipped to deal with that situation.

Since my son's concussion was from a car accident, there was also a broken leg. Getting around was really hard, so sometimes he was 5 minutes late to his "after school" meeting and the teacher would spend the next 10 minutes lecturing about how important her time is.

It was really a debacle for about 4 months of his life that was made harder not easier by the school. [/quote]

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