Student voted out of classroom!!!

[Leslie Anne]

No, it really doesn't matter that it was only for that day. How long do you think that kid is going to remember what was done to him?

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I don't believe it's true, not to the extent the parent said.

<----- has been the victim of false parent complaints before.

I agree there must be more.

Me too!

What's worse are the ones where the children are 'childern of the corn' and thier parents KNOW IT, but blame me for everything as if the demons are tucked away in thier lockers.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

No, it really doesn't matter that it was only for that day. How long do you think that kid is going to remember what was done to him?

I said over and over I do NOT agree with the voting at all. I do not think the kid will ever forget this, it was effed up. I do, however, think it's important to place into context what exactly occurred and what did not - i.e. a group of 5 year olds was not permitted to permanently expel a student from a class. Any teacher who allowed that would be taken to the county mental hospital, not put on suspension.

And yeah, good call by the parents for releasing a photo to the media so if anyone ever runs into this kid they'll know who he is and can ask him all about the incident over and over again. (sarcasm)

[epchick]

MC does this type of disability show up early in a child's development? Like could the parents of this little boy have noticed it when he was younger? The mother claims he was fine in pre-school, and he had disciplinary problems at this school and at the last. Yet the principal was the one who wanted the kid tested.

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by epchick

MC does this type of disability show up early in a child's development? Like could the parents of this little boy have noticed it when he was younger? The mother claims he was fine in pre-school, and he had disciplinary problems at this school and at the last. Yet the principal was the one who wanted the kid tested.

Maybe teachers refered him for services and the parents denied them, but the principal may have seen that a need was ever present.

I have had a parent decline services for their student.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by 1908Revelations

Maybe teachers refered him for services and the parents denied them, but the principal may have seen that a need was ever present.

I have had a parent decline services for their student.

Maybe you're right. For some reason though, I get a feeling that teachers/principal WANTED to find something wrong with the kid.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by 33girl

ok, I read this over again, and what I get is he isn't "officially" diagnosed yet - he's in the process? MC, how long does that take?

Depending on who they're going to, not necessarily long at all, once you get to the person making the diagnosis. Our son was diagnosed with ADHD in the Spring. We asked the psychologist doing the evaluation to screen for Aspergers since we strongly suspected it. She too suspected it but wanted someone more qualified in sifting through the ADHD/Aspergers/other stuff combination to evaluate for it. It took until Fall to get an appointment, but then the diagnosis was very quick (as in a matter of days).

I too got the sense that the disciplinary problems prompted the Aspergers question. I hope it was not just trying to put a label on him but rather the principal concerned that what she was seeing were in fact symptoms of Aspergers.

Originally Posted by 33girl

Yes it does - the first article makes it sound like a teacher and 16 5 year olds are allowed to in effect expel a student! That just makes no sense but it does make the article more sensationalistic.

I'll agree as to how the article portrayed it. But speaking from the parent's perspective, it really doesn't make a difference if it was for a day or the rest of the year. If the kid really does have autism/Aspergers, then the trouble a normal kid would have understanding that it was just for a day will likely be amplified a great deal. These kids think literally and in absolutes -- either they like me or they hate me, either I'm in school or I've been kicked out of school. There is no in-between, no shade of meaning. Our son is still working on this.

Originally Posted by epchick

MC does this type of disability show up early in a child's development? Like could the parents of this little boy have noticed it when he was younger? The mother claims he was fine in pre-school, and he had disciplinary problems at this school and at the last. Yet the principal was the one who wanted the kid tested.

Usually signs start to present themselves by about 3; in fact, I think the diagnosis requires that symptoms be present by then.

That said, it's not unusual in my experience for the diagnosis to come in elementary school. This is so for a couple of reasons -- sometimes the symptoms can be written off as something else before the pressures of school come, sometimes (often) parents really don't want to face the prospect of an autism spectrum diagnosis and resist until they really can't anymore. We knew something was "off" around 3, but he was 9 when he was diagnosed. We weren't ignoring things during those years; it just took that long for us to see what really seemed to be going on.