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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents, if your child’s teacher suggests that there is an issue with your child’s behavior or academic progress, please know that their only agenda is to help your child thrive and grow. Your child’s teacher has probably worked with hundreds of students at the same developmental phase and knows when something is unusual. I understand that it can be painful and scary to hear, but denial does not help your child. The longer you wait to get them help the more they will struggle. This also applies when the teacher tells you your child is not kind to others. The teacher is definitely working to support their social development in the classroom, but your denial makes it nearly impossible for them to progress (after all, their behavior usually communicates what THEY experience at home usually). Your mean kid is not “a leader of the pack” they’re a bully. And your child on the spectrum is not only “a loner genius”, they’re autistic. And your child who is getting picked on is not always “an innocent victim” they usually need to learn how to NOT be a victim. The teacher’s agenda is usually the same as yours-the well-being and growth of your child. But please trust their experience.[/quote]

I'm sorry, but both as a teacher and as a parent, this is only true some of the time.  There are plenty of times when teachers are just plain wrong.  Plenty of times when they dislike a child for some petty or selfish reason, plenty of times when they are convinced the problem is the child but actually the problem is the teacher, and definitely plenty of times when the "innocent victim" is being bullied but the teacher is a bully herself and therefore identifies with the bullies and blames the victims.  So I would have to say the opposite, having seen behind the scenes plenty of teachers who shouldn't even be allowed near children, that a parent should take what the teacher says seriously, but also keep in mind that the teachers are just human beings and wrong as often as they are right.[/quote]

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