If It's not in her IEP that they monitor her food I would send what I wanted and tell them so.
I feel really sorry for you having to deal with this! I would be really upset with the school if they were to say something like this...
Good luck
mommaniki
Can this school just give me one break. Now there having issues about what I send my dd for lunch. Ok we all know that autistic children are extremly picky eaters. Well my daughter loves all the crunchy salty things. So she gets peanut butter crackers,chips,fruit juice,fruit snacks. At home its another story. She still likes those foods but she will eat bananas,strawberries,peas,carrots,mac and cheese. I have tried putting a banana in her lunch or an apple along with her snacks that she likes to eat and the apple or banana wont be touched. So she eats lunch with the special ed lady and she wants me to send left over dinner in her lunch box. Well I did that the first day she wouldnt eat it and she was starving when she came home that day,because they didnt give her any of the other snacks that I also sent. Then the next day they told her if she wants to eat the snack that the rest of the kids are eating and wants to go to recess and play with her friend she needs to eat her mac and cheese and veggies. I am scared to think that if she didnt eat them would she have been stuck inside and not been able to go outside?
I dont want to send her mac and cheese and veggies,because when it does come to dinner time she will not eat it because she just had it for lunch. I dont know if I like this idea. What would your view be on it? Well I got a little miffed because I didnt send left overs today because there wasnt any so I put her regular food in with a banana and I guess that wasnt good enough because we get a phone call.
What would ya'll do ? If you would continue to do what should I send? She doesnt do peanut butter or jelly because its sticky. I just dont know what to send
Sounds like what some of my students bring for lunch - I think the teacher needs to back off and be glad she's eating something (and I'm a Autism teacher) Did this get posted again? I could have sworn I posted on this already and I thought I had read soemthing Tzoya posted about how you should ask for feeding therapy if feeding and eating is that much of a concern for them. I think I might be losing my mind, I could have sworn I already addressed this thread though.Wray,
You are not losing it... I think this was posted on the "general" board as well. I too wondered at first!
Mary
Thank you! I saw this last night and didn't repost on it because I just thought I was tired and missing something. But then it was here again and I couldn't figure out where I had heard this situation before and I knew i had commented on it. Thanks!I teach kids with autism and have one of my own and foods can be a huge issue. My opinion is that unless you have talked with the teacher and you have all agreed to work on the feeding issue you can send whatever you want and they can't say anything about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I set the school straight early on. My son does not like to eat around people. He wouldn't eat and they would try to make him. I finally told them to leave him alone, that he eats a big breakfast and eats a snack after school and would live without lunch.
Thankfully this year they have the ala cart thing in the middle school. He might get some yogurt once in a while or some milk.
You may want to simply call your school and instruct them that whatever you pack in her lunch she can have. If she chooses not to eat something, it's ok. If she chooses to just eat the snacks only, that's ok too...
It's not up to the school personel to tell your child what they can or cannot eat-they should just give her what you've packed and let her decide what she wants!
I'd be mad if I were you, and demand they let her eat in peace.
good luck!!
kelly
NO STAFF HAVE ANY BUINESS TELLING YOU HOW TO TREAT YOUR CHILD. FEEDING THERAPY GREAT IDEA. DO IT. WITH DANIEL WE BRUSHED HIS TONGUE 2 TIMES NOW EATS ALOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF. THIS LESSONS THE TONGUE FROM SENSATIVITIES.