Reply to Can parents sue to move unruly child to alternative school?

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Can parents sue to move unruly child to alternative school? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]this isn't a parenting problem, this is a school problem.  MCPS refuses to identify and properly serve kids with disabilities, particularly emotional or behavioral issues.

You can't sue to fix this problem for someone else's child, but if you are the parent of the disruptive child you will probably have to sue to get an appropriate public or private placement and MCPS will fight you every step. [/quote]
Violent kids have a mental health problem. That’s different than a disability.[/quote]

Mental health issues are disabilities.  They may need different interventions than cognitive or physical disabilities.  But they are disabilities nonetheless.  [/quote]
School teachers are not medical professionals. They can’t legally medically treat violent children who require medical attention for their mental health problems.[/quote]

Schools are required to educate all kids, even those with mental health problems.

But here’s the problem as I can see it. There are kids who need mental health services. To get them there needs to be providers, programs and vacant slots/beds/appointments. And then you have to pay for it.

People are scrambling to find resources for their kids. But there aren’t programs. And there aren’t beds. And there aren’t therapists and psychiatrists who don’t have waiting lists. And while they are waiting, parents are required to send their kids to school - which are not equipped to handle the violent incidents.

Also, for some perspective on cost, I have excellent insurance and in one four month period my out of pocket costs were $50k after exhausting every single resource.

I guess my point is that this is really a problem that goes beyond the walls of the schools. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics