http://precisioneducation.com/archives/392 Helping You Make Tough IEP Decisions for a Bright Future Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:38:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://precisioneducation.com/archives/392/comment-page-1#comment-54 Jennifer Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:26:25 +0000 http://precisioneducation.com/?p=392#comment-54 What a great post, Catherine! Thanks for the reminder to be on top of our child's school day and to politely ask questions instead of worrying about "bothering" the school staff. What a great post, Catherine! Thanks for the reminder to be on top of our child’s school day and to politely ask questions instead of worrying about “bothering” the school staff.

]]> http://precisioneducation.com/archives/392/comment-page-1#comment-53 Tina Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:06:41 +0000 http://precisioneducation.com/?p=392#comment-53 Thank so much for the added insight Catherine! What perfect timing...I just addressed this issue yesterday with my 3rd grader's support staff, but I haven't referred back to his IEP yet to see if we're missing a valuable component. What we determined together as his team was that he was being given too many sensory breaks which translated into too many unnecessary "mini" transitions. After his first outburst, his behavior just spiraled down to the point that he was so upset and frustrated that he just couldn't turn things around. While I'm glad that the staff took logical steps to provide sensory and immediately made me aware of the situation, my questioning of what triggered the initial behavior is what's getting us to the core issue. Here's the thing...I was changing my son's routine at home this week and the slight deviation was negatively impacting his behavior at school. My advice to parents is to exchange information with staff even if it seems irrelevant at the time of disclosure, ask a battery of questions, and always examine if there's changes at home which could be compounding the behavior problem. And don't forget to ask your child! Mine told me that "today was not a work day." We all have those days, don't we? Thank so much for the added insight Catherine! What perfect timing…I just addressed this issue yesterday with my 3rd grader’s support staff, but I haven’t referred back to his IEP yet to see if we’re missing a valuable component. What we determined together as his team was that he was being given too many sensory breaks which translated into too many unnecessary “mini” transitions. After his first outburst, his behavior just spiraled down to the point that he was so upset and frustrated that he just couldn’t turn things around. While I’m glad that the staff took logical steps to provide sensory and immediately made me aware of the situation, my questioning of what triggered the initial behavior is what’s getting us to the core issue. Here’s the thing…I was changing my son’s routine at home this week and the slight deviation was negatively impacting his behavior at school. My advice to parents is to exchange information with staff even if it seems irrelevant at the time of disclosure, ask a battery of questions, and always examine if there’s changes at home which could be compounding the behavior problem. And don’t forget to ask your child! Mine told me that “today was not a work day.” We all have those days, don’t we?

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