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[quote=Anonymous]If my friend literally asked me “would you take these services if you were me?” Then, I would say “yes, I would follow the school’s guidance and take the services.” That is truthful and not weighing in on anything specific to the kid. If my friend then freaked out and said “how dare you, you know my kid is gifted!” I would either say “you can be gifted and still get a lot of great help from different types of services” or “well, you know your child best” and keep it moving.

The reality is that it becomes very tough to stay close to people that ignore kid behavioral issues. Some kids certainly just “grow up on their own,” but many don’t. Your kids aren’t going to put up with it and neither are you — in the long run.

I say this as a mom of a kid with severe intellectual disability and autism. I’m not casting stones — it is just the truth. I have a niece whose parents refused to get their kid help and they are now running to a charter school (which isn’t going to work either), because they cannot bear the frank feedback they got in first grade. As kids get older, fewer and fewer people are going to tolerate my niece’s inability to hold a conversation, tantrums, etc. And she is a smart kid who has a ton of potential.[/quote]

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