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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worked with a 5 year old like that once, child had developmental disabilities but the reason why they hadn’t been trained was lack of parent follow through. No other reason than dad worked away from home and mom was too busy playing games on the computer to be bothered. She knew this as she admitted that she was the reason the child hadn’t been trained.

I had to have my supervisees train when we were in the home (so like 3 hours, 5-10 times per week) and after a couple months the mom hopped on board. Not ideal but it worked, much more quickly than I had expected actually.

I’d ask parent if there’s a medical concern and if not then train in school and find a way to teach mom what you did so she can follow through at home. Some parents just need someone to guide them in the right direction or to see that their child is capable of something they didn’t expect them to be capable of.
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"train in school and find a way to teach mom"?? and this is just another reason why teachers quit and are not paid enough.  A teacher should teach.  At no point should the school or teacher waste time potty training this kid.  He either has a disability and needs to perhaps be moved to a different class or have an aid or demand the parents train him.  This is such lazy parenting. Are they low income? Perhaps they are not even aware of what to do.[/quote]

Please remember you don't know what disabilities the child may have, nor do you know what the parents have and haven't done.

Also, if the child is able to keep up with the curriculum of a general education class, it's entirely reasonable for the parents to want him to stay there.

I would find it troubling if the parents aren't pursuing evaluations through the school. The op wasn't clear about that. She suggested they weren't, but I don't find the OP very credible.[/quote]

I am a former teacher.  Unfortunately, there are a lot of parents with their head in the sand about potential developmental issues.  And sometimes the kid just don’t get flagged before starting kindergarten, particularly if they didn’t attend preschool.

OP didn’t say how long they had been reaching, but the first couple years can be pretty eye opening. [/quote]

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