Thank you Karolygirl for your reply. I have handed out, faxed & mailed my letter. I did get a phone call at the end of the day from the county E.S.E. department. Missed the call. Will call her back in the morning. I'm hoping this will be resolved.
This 5th grade student was not allowed to ride the bus today because of his behavior. I have also saw the mom briefly with the child today at school. She made no corrections in his behavior. I feel very sorry for this child.
Hello everyone. I did a search and came across this board. This is my first post and I'm hoping that I can have some input on my situation. I'm the mom of a 12yr old 7th grader. He is autistic and attends a K-8 school in Central, FL. He is a high functioning self-contained classroom. His teacher is wonderful. He had her last year and there were 6 students in his classroom. She had one assistant.
This year is horrible. She has 10 students and 2 assistants. She expressed her concerns about the number of students. She said she can't spend as much time as she would like to with each student. One of the main concerns is that there is a 5th grade student who is low functioning that has been placed in her classroom. I've observed the classsroom. He is constantly crying and disruptive. I can see that a lot of time is spent with him calming him down. This takes away from the classwork. This contant crying and outburts is also upsetting my son. The noise is a factor. People with autism are senitive to loud noises. Also it is hard for him to concentrate on his schoolwork. This is not a large classroom.
My plan of action. I have talked to the school RCS. She agrees with everything. She said the 5th grader was placed there as an administrative add on and she has no control over it. I told her that I was going to talk with the county. She agreed. Monday, I'm call the county Autistic Program Specialist and the Director of E.S.E. I'm also going to speak to the Principal. I'm going to repeat what I've written here. I would welcome any suggestions on how to handle this.
Thank you!