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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just wanted to share that this child clearly has needs that the school isn't meeting. Be kind. That said, OP, complaining will let them know that this current placement is not int the best interest of that other child. She needs  a special school, special program, significant learning supports; something.

Your teacher and child are suffering b/c the admin aren't giving the moved child what she needs and is entitled to by law. I do hate that phrase but it's one of our few entitlements.  (public education)[/quote]

For this you will need to push for more mental health funding. Mental health and MTSS teams in DCPS are overwhelmed. One disruptive child can tank a classroom. This is a larger societal issue that is affecting all other members of the classroom. It’s an awful situation but it can improve. Sometimes the child’s parents are the roadblock, whether by denying the problem or genuinely not recognizing it or caring to act responsibly. There is only so much schools and admin can do.[/quote]

And sometimes it is the way the process works that slows things down. Counties don't want to pay the money for the specialized programs because they are expensive. Counties require a stupid amount of "proof" that a child belongs in a specialized program because of the expense. So you have parents who know that their kid needs help and wants the help and the Counties policies are getting in the way because the County doesn't want to pay the money.

If Public Schools are going to be required to provide services for all kids then we need to find a way to fund SPED programs so that there is not a waiting list for services that cause disruptions for the kids who need them and for the kids who are being hurt by the ridiculous process to get kids into them. We are asking schools to provide very specialized services to kids all over the spectrum but we do not provide them with the funds needed to accomplish this. Programs are limited for this reason. And it causes massive issues.

There are kids who could use a few years of specialized help and then return to a main stream classroom with a great deal of success but parents don't want to move to their kids to those programs because they have a reputation of being academically behind so kids end up not being on grade level. We need to fix this system and do it in a way where it is not drawing money away from kids who don't need services.

As badly as the US does in this area, it is one of the few countries that actually requires that schools provide services for all kids but we do a crappy job of making it work. [/quote]

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