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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. We have a full time nanny but she only works 9-5:30, Monday-Friday while DH and I are working.

We have respite care for 11 hours per week but they only show up about half of the time.

I know it seems like it should be enough and we have more support than other people but I don’t know what to say. We just can’t handle him.[/quote]
Why isn't he in school?  That would cover a big chunk of the day during the school year and may help you stretch childcare hours later into the evening.[/quote]

Op Here. He is in Kindergarten. It’s a long story but the short version is that the nanny goes to school with him as like a private aide. In a public school. It’s complex and for a whole other thread. But we don’t really get the benefit of school in the sense that even when he’s in school he still requires continuous support (either from us because the school calls us repeatedly or from the nanny). [/quote]
There is no way that's appropriate.  If he needs a 1:1 aide, then the school needs to provide it.  Otherwise they need to provide an appropriate placement.  They can't require you to provide someone to care for him all day at school.  That's not right.  Hire an advocate.  You need to get that fixed.[/quote]

This.  You are paying for something that you have the right to have the school provide.  It might require stopping the nanny at school and letting your kid fail for months before the school will help, but it will be worth it for the next 13 years until the kid is 18 (or possibly older depending on the SN involved).[/quote]

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