BB took a signed permission letter in last Wednesday, giving permission for MLA to attend learning support session. Guess what, yep the school are claiming they didn’t get it!
The result is that MLA didn’t get his learning support today and I would suggest the school are going to try and use this against me, and probably be saying I have been uncooperative in this matter. Well coming from a strict clerical background and working in highly classified paper work, I keep a copy of everything!
So I shall photocopy my file copy and attach it with a reciept that will require signing and dating, and thus proving that I, personally and not BB, have delivered the note. I shall be doing this on ALL letters from now on in.
Do they not realise they are just adding ammunition to my case?
Do they really think I am that stupid that will not keep copies of EVERYTHING?
You wanna play games…meet the master!
Just had a phone call from Educational Services. They have called a meeting this Friday with the Head Teacher, and I daresay his teacher. After this meeting I will make the decision on whether or not home school MLA or not because today he sent out the class because he sneezed and didn’t cover his mouth then again because he was told to turn and face her and as he takes language literally he did just that, got up and turned his entire body toward her. This is bullying, using his disability against himself!
By: mummys little angel on November 19, 2007
at 4:30 pm
This is systamatic bullying of child. It is scandelous in this day and age such treament is allowed
By: A friend on November 19, 2007
at 8:51 pm
I’ve now read all the way through and it certainly seems like the school has it in for MLA
My mother works in a special needs school, has done for years, and when I was growing up I used to regularly mix with her students. A lot of them were autistic and many of the symptoms you’ve described remarkably similar.
Has he been formally diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder? A bit of paper stating the obvious may be whats needed. I’m off to read up on ASD now.
By: Tom on November 19, 2007
at 9:05 pm
Yes the symptoms are similar, however there are one or two things that don’t match properly. It is is thought he may well be on the autistic scale now, but a few years back I was told he was not. There is a mental disability called multiple complex developmental disorder which he appears to match exactly (it is an ASD). I also read some where else that it is a form of childhood schizophrenia and is more common when this in the family. He had uncle on his fathers side had this.
He has not been diagnoses yet, thanks to wonderful educators down playing his symptoms to the many doctors I have taken him to. However this time I have instigated ALL the professionals and thankfully they are ignoring any down play and listening to ME. He is to see a psychologist to get formally diagnosed, by passing the Educational Physiologist who won’t diagnose. Must say though in her defence she is a pleasant woman and probably not qualified to diagnose.
And yes there appears to be one teacher, a new one, that doesn’t want him in the school and is pulling the heads strings.
By: mummys little angel on November 19, 2007
at 9:20 pm
I should also add that I have reports from speech therapists and doctors stating MLA ‘difficulties’. I.e what his disability is in all but name/label
By: mummys little angel on November 19, 2007
at 9:54 pm
Given that info MLA seems an obvious candidate for a diagnosis or at least more tests.
The downplaying symptoms on the part of the school(s) seems serious. I don’t have children myself but it seems ludicrous that professionals take the word of a teacher who only sees the child for a few limited hours a day and who has to look after many other children at the same time over and above that of his or her parent. Who’s going to know the child better?
By: Tom on November 21, 2007
at 1:34 am