Aspie Mom

Rollercoaster Ride

As it typically happens, there are good days when dealing with school issues and then there are not quite so good days. Kiddo is having issues. She is having more and more trouble concentrating in the mainstream class. She is having a hard time understanding the work too. I know she is capable of doing the work but for whatever the reason is, she doesn’t think she can.

As I have posted, I have asked about moving her back to the special ed class for at least part of the day. Even if it is just for math. But the teacher pushes to keep her in mainstream because she knows Kiddo can do it. But then I get notes home about how she refuses to work or pay attention. Well DUH! That is because she can’t function in there.

This whole mess is the school’s fault. If everything would have remained the same and Kiddo was still at the other school, she would more than likely be fine. But they had to move the special ed to the school that she hated more than anything else on this earth and then they dismissed my concerns about it saying, “Oh, it will be fine.” Yeah… right. Well, here comes the big “I TOLD YOU SO!” She is not fine. She can’t focus in class. She can’t follow directions. She can’t retain information. You can show her how to do a math problem and five minutes later she is clueless. It isn’t working.

The big problem is that I don’t hear anything from anyone in the special ed department. Not one word. She may be mainstream but she has an IEP and is to be receiving services. No one other than her classroom teacher has said a word to me about anything. I am unhappy with this situation… as is Kiddo.

Therefore, I wrote the teacher a note today to tell her that I am requesting a CSE meeting. I want a formal meeting so that I can find out just what is going on and why no one is making any effort to help my daughter manage at school. This is my final straw. If I don’t like what I hear, I’m going to be looking at Homeschooling. I won’t continue with this mess. They screwed her up and they are going to fix this whether they like it or not. She has a right to services and she is going to get them one way or another!