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[quote=Anonymous][quote] One part of the process was getting his teacher to fill out a questionnaire. I just met with the doctor who went over the teacher's responses with me and the doc said the teacher seems to have a very negative opinion of DS, more so than any of the people surveyed. Even though I haven't heard from the teacher in MONTHS -- not since I initiated that meeting in the Fall -- the teacher described DS as "oppositional, resentful, and angry" -- and she rated his "aggression" at a level that is more than double the statistical average for a 7 year old. WTF -- why did she not tell me she felt this way? [/quote]

1. What public school do you attend that has not had at least one parent-teacher conference prior to this point?  How were you not more involved in how your child was behaving at school, and how the teacher viewed the behavior, prior to this psychological assessment that you initiated?

2. I had my son tested for psychological issues three years ago because his teacher indicated that he was having behavior issues.  We never saw them at home.  We also got an assessment from the teacher that was far more negative than from any other source.  The psychologist that provided the assessment raised two possibilities: (1) the teacher disliked DS, or (2) DS's behavior at school was worse than any place else.  It turned out to be a combination of the two - DS acted out, causing the teacher to dislike DS, which caused him to act out more.  The next year, we had a different teacher, and there have never been problems again.  I don't know why you would automatically jump to the conclusion that the school isn't for you.  I also don't know why the psychologist would jump to the conclusions that he or she did.  It may be that the teacher or school is racist, but you don't have sufficient information to assume that at this point, and any psychologist who would tell you that you should proceed on that assumption based on the limited information provided is questionable.  [/quote]

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