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[quote=Anonymous]OP, You’re seeing the best and the worse of parents in this thread. There are many who will judge you and make this all your fault and your child’s fault. Some of the most high and mighty will be other SN parents who like to create distance between their (“good") SN kid and your (“bad”) SN kid. It seems to them feel better somehow about their own child’s disabilities to be able to point at your kid and pat themselves on the back for doing a good job not having a kid with behaviors. But really behaviors are part of certain disabilities and the kids are born with them so it is not something in their control or your control. You can help with therapy, positive reinforcement and a lot of love at home but at a certain point there is only so much you can do.

You seem like you are a good mom and doing a lot already but you could also try to get an outside specialist to observe your child for a day. We did this and were surprised at the report we got. We were looking for deficits in our own chid but the observer found huge problems with the school staff instead. Our child does have a diagnosis that makes the school day difficult, but the things that were triggering the big behaviors like meltdowns were scarily similar to the mocking by the substitute that you described. We asked for DS to be switched to a different teacher, and while he continued to be the same spacey kid who had trouble keeping up with the work, there were no further behavioral issues that year or any year after that.

I would also let them know you are considering private and see if the principal will take away the suspension. She may agree because it’s in her best interest. I am certain a principal who suspends a 7 year old for 4 days isn’t a fan of SN kids and does not want to “partner” with you to try to help your child. The easiest way to resolve the issue is for your child to leave and if you can afford it it may be better for your child to find a happier place.

if you don’t want to leave the public school I would fight like hell to make sure your child has adequate supports in place to make sure the issue doesn’t happen again. I would make sure to put in writing your child’s concerns about the TA, the substitute’s mocking and any other issues and cc the cluster supervisor so they can follow up. Ask the cluster if they can do an observation and give the school some advice on how to work better with your child. That will put your school’s staff on notice that someone else is watching over them.[/quote]

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