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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have friends with a child like this. The child is 4.5 and the preschool-8th grade school was furious with them but did renew their contract. I was shocked. The school did call the parents in to change the child and get them cleaned up, but they were often late so the child would sit and wait for 45 minutes or an hour in soiled clothing. I think the school relies on parents reading between the lines of attempted non-renewal conversations and this might have been the rare family that chose to not understand.

The child was adopted with disclosure of parental drug/alcohol abuse and there are definitely developmental delays, but the parents write it off as the child being stubborn.

It’s really tough because I’ve known these friends forever but I also don’t feel like I can speak up- it’s just too personal. Both parents have incredible demanding careers and one has a very public job so the kids spend a lot of time with grandparents and their au pair. There isn’t the consistency to help the kid get the support they need and it’s tough to be adjacent to.

OP, this might require resources you don’t have. I think you’re at a public school, though, which will help- you can summon resources in a way that a private school teacher can’t. [/quote]

A child this age still working on toileting skills is not that uncommon. Even kids who are fully trained can still have an accident. Is it that much of an issue to help change a child? There’s no reason to make them sit in soiled clothes. [/quote]

Depending on the state and the age group that is being taught, teachers may not be allowed to do any kind of changing. If that’s happening then it has to be under early childhood licensing or special education rules, at least in my not-east coast state. I’m not an educator so forgive me for not knowing the actual terms.[/quote]

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