IEP, FAPT, Disibility...Oh my

[ChristineMarie]

anyone else have situations with these things?????I really need to talk.

[CircleSlide]

my son has an IEP, he is autistic, learning diabled, and a whole bunch of other things. We homeschooled him for three years he is just now attending a private school and they just did an emergency IEP and right now are working on a detailed one which will be completed in December.

[ChristineMarie]

I am going through the same thing with my 15 yr. old, add, bi-polar asperger son. emergency iep this past monday. being placed on homebound tomorrow, been accepted into a theraputic dayschool awaiting space aval. i have been on the phone with teachers and counselors all day. well all week actually..........ugh every hour on the hour his resource teacher is calling me about his absurb behaivors in school. talks about death alot, very dark persona.

something just ins't right with him righ now, he's on a ton of meds. ( zoloft, vyvanse, seroquel, depacote and trazodone as needed. none are working, i have an appt. with a nuero. and he is seeing a developemental spec. on mon. unfortunately he was only dignoised this year with aspergers after his last hospitalization. he's a suicide risk. refuses to do any kinda work, home or school. bad hygiene, anti social. does dumb stuf fat school like making like he is going to shoot a kid with a shot gun the day after a school shooting, now i have to go in and talk to the schools admins tomorrow.

i have done the homeschool route before, he faught me the whole way. but that may be our only alt. after this day school. i can't see him going back into public highschool with block scheduling, which is assinine(sp) btw.

we were told that we were going to get an in home wrap around service for crisis councelinh 24/7, that has yet to manifest. i am getting no where with his phycologist(sp) sorry. i have just having a week.

it's time to pull out the beth moore "get out of that pit'book i bought if ya know what i mean....can i get an amen?

anyway, i need to breathe..........................whew

[topekaclark]

My oldest has an IEP and is in school. One of the two children I am hs has learning issues that the school didn't deal with.

If your school is working with you, GREAT. If not, research and educate yourself. With my youngest I was researching, reading, talking to CHADD, a disability group called Family Togetherness trying to educate myself regarding what is in the best interest of my child regarding IEP, 504 plans, etc. You are your child's biggest and loudest advocate.

As far as your son, could the medicine be reacting and causing a personality change? If it was my child, I would be dealing with his issues right now and his education I would address later, when he was stable. Honestly, I feel for you and will keep your family in our prayers. :pray

[CircleSlide]

Wow my son is 11, and sound similar to yours, he is also dx'ed with Mood disorder (they will dx him soon with bipolar or schizophrenia most likely the latter). He is currently taking zyprexa, lamictal, and benzapine. He has been on much of the same meds your son is taking also. We had a very bad summer, my son had a bad reaction to Geodon and became suicidal, we could have hospitalized him but because of his separation anxiety we/doctors felt it would be a wrong move. So we had to secure our home and watch him 24/7 until the zyprexa kicked in (the doctors called it a sledge hammer approach). It did the tick but has caused mega weight gain, and Parkinson syndrome.

We did the homeschooling route also but I could no longer handle him at home, and it wasn't fair to my other two children to have him mess up/take up all my time so they got none. He is currently in a private christian school, since it is in a different school district we get better services. But I believe by Christmas he will be asked to leave because they just won't be able to handle him. But I will have accomplished one goal which was to have a detailed IEP. Currently he is getting straight F's, but my main goal was to have him attend, and at least he is doing that!!!!. He will never graduate high school.

I often get sad when I think of the life ahead of him. He is a wonderful child, but he struggles daily. Some days the voices get bad (like this past summer) and he is terrified. I do know that one day he will be made whole and I look forward to that day.

I also hear you when you say you are having one of those weeks, I know so much what you mean! Some times if feels like I am banging my head against a brick wall.

God Bless!

[ChristineMarie]

weel the wrap around service crisis counceling started last night. she was here from 9 pm to 12:30. she doesn't think jake is add ,i tend to agree. i think it's more of an excutive function disorder. i even wonder if the bi polar now is just not med induced. he is on such does, he's a zombie.

i just got back from the school and saved his butt from suspension. he is on homebound until placement. but i do not wan to use their curicculum. so i will comeup with something onmy own.

i need coffee in the worst kinda way right now.