Getting nervous about my son's court date coming up on Wed.
I've tried a couple of times to get a hold of his lawyer but got voice mail.
She hasn't called back yet. The educational advocate that was supposed to call me
didn't either... so I was hoping to have his lawyer look into it

So far he seems to be holding it together. He's had a few staff time outs.
He hates the time outs. They just stick him in a room with nothing and if he tries
to get out they will hold him down and restrain him.

All he needs is for his one on one/victim to show up in court to make a major issue out
of it. He is in a "special" school for a reason. If I worked in that type of environment
where I knew I was being hired to help kids with problems. I would fully expect to run into
problem behaviors. I would never press charges for a child having a
tantrum. Seriously, this girl/one on one is not much older than my daughter. No one likes to be
thrown into a room against their will, whether or not they did do something wrong. If you hold
someone down, prepared to have them kick and thrash around especially a child.
I could have left him in the regular school.. at least there he wasn't feeling he was
under attack. His behavior exculated when he started this school. The things he was doing in
the "regular" school were just immature but disruptive. They did threaten to call the police
on him in 5th grade because he ran down the hall and went into the library where other kids
were and tried to hide from his one on one there. Disrupting public assembly. Of course I was
called that day and went to get him from school right away.

I seriously don't know why he act the way he does, except that he may be overstimulated

I've fought with the school department for years to get him into smaller classes. I was afraid
what is happening now would happen. I wanted it nipped in the bud. When he was in 4th grade
I was told about a program that is run in one of the local schools. They had me fill out some
forms and said he should be all set to go. Well, he wasn't. I got a phone call from the person
who had me fill out the forms, and she said that they were going to set up a IEP (his had been
taken away a couple of years earlier} then he should be all set for the school. When I hadn't heard
from anyone I called the school that was supposed to set up his IEP and they didn't have any
knowledge of my son going to that school. Of course the person that took my application denied
everything. I have no clue why this happened, all I know is it was Bullshit !!

So he ended up going to the regular middle school and essentially starting over. They didn't even
have him listed as a student when he showed up for 5th grade. Unbeleivable. He obviously
didn't do to well there. I didn't think he would, I knew it would be to much for him. But, no one
would listen. Perhaps if they did send him to the school he was supposed to go to he wouldn't
have had the same problems. Then had the humiliation of attending the special needs class and
being teased about it. Then perhaps he wouldn't have needed to go to a private alternative school
where they give you points for conduct and mark off one point for going to the bathroom.
More schools should listen to parents.. um, because we know our kids. We actually have spent
a lot of time with them. We know them well, we know their development and sometimes know what
they are thinking or how they will percieve a situation and react to it. I know my son can't
handle a lot of activity around him, it makes him hyper, and sometimes he doesn't think.
I certainly don't approve of my sons behavior. He's not a bad kid, he definitely needs some help
and arresting him for behaviors that everyone in that school exhibits is not going to
help him at this point

I just hope we get through this and his thinking matures. If he keeps going the way he is, he
will not be a happy adult. That's all a mother ever wants, her children to be happy and healthy.