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Open Letter Thursday.....

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post those notes you probably won't 'send'.....
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  • d.fd.f member
    Dear School team (well most),

    Thank you !.  Thank you for giving my kid what he needs and taking me seriously.  I wish it didn't have to get to crisis point for this to happen, but thank you for springing into action when I requested (professionally demanded).  I appreciate it. 

    I almost cried when I got the email from the school psychologist offering mental health minutes/a social skills group.  That will benefit him so much.

    Sincerely,
    The mom who will stay engaged.
    ___________________________________________

    Dear Social Skills Group (in a clinical setting) that starts today,

    Please be a good fit for my kid.  Also, if traffic could cooperate for the hour long drive down, that would be great.

    Sincerely,
    The mom who wishes this group was over the summer like was initially planned but is glad he's in it now.

    DS 09/2008

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  • bumpuser511563bumpuser511563 member
    Dear autism room staff,

    My DS is a different little boy with bad behaviors and this didn't start until a month into school. I understand this is the first year for the autism room but these bad behaviors are going on into daycare and at home.

    UNM is coming in on Monday and ABA will not start till Sept. 30th.

    I plan to have an IEP after UNM comes in and I want an ABC report. IF this does not improve by the end of October, I don't know what I will do. Pull DS out? There is no other school district in this small town!

    The angry mom


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  • mommyof4boysmommyof4boys member
    Dear School District,
      We aren't done yet.  I'd like the truth, additional communication, and for my kid to feel safe on a bus from now on.  BTW, thanks for the 2 years of the behavior plan going out with the shitter.

    Signed,
    Grizzly mama bear

    Dear Matt,
      I am proud of you for developing a friendship with a new kid in your class.  It makes my heart happy to hear you were the only one to befriend him and play with him.  It makes me angry, however, when you mutter "shut up" to me under your breathe.  Don't do that again!  Be the kind, caring, loving boy I know you can be!
    Signed,
    Mom

    Dear Jon,
    Get your stinky butt out of bed in the morning or I will continue to play such Disney classics as "Some Day my Prince will Come" and "Part of Your World".
    Love,
    Your Princess Loving Mama

    Hubster,
      Perhaps you'd "get some" if you helped me around the house!?  Empty the dishwasher...clean a cat litter box or two....do a load of laundry...that would get me hot and bothered and NOT you sticking your tongue down my throat and asking if I want to or complaining that I do nothing but fall aleep at 9:30.
    Your tired wife
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  • funchickenfunchicken member
    Dear DD's Teacher, Is it so much to ask that you respond to my email about how DD is settling in? I know that in a lot of ways she seems like a typical 5 year old, but we've gone to a lot of trouble to find experts to work with her, and they agree that while she is bright, she is, in fact, not typical. One or two sentences, that's all I ask. Also, I donated 1400 stickers to the class, feel free to be a little more liberal with them. Sincerely, MrsZ
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  • ToastieSimonsToastieSimons member
    EI,

    Get your STUFF together!!! Seriously!  Our PT didn't come for a week and half.  She finally comes on Weds and now you say she didn't have authorization last month to come?!
    We haven't changed our IFSP, in fact it's due to be renewed in a week.  And you, the lovely supervisor, won't return our calls, or the EI service coordinator calls.

    DS1's PT,
    I'm not sure if DS1 doesn't like you, but all the issues you're having, are nonexistant at home or at Private PT.  You keep asking for tips and tricks to help, but I have no idea how to help when I've never encountered those problems.
    To my boys:  I will love you for you Not for what you have done or what you will become I will love you for you I will give you the love The love that you never knew
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  • Rachel SonnierRachel Sonnier member
    edited September 2013
    Dear PreK teacher,

    I get that you are new and have a lot going on. 

    However, the note that you sent home yesterday about DS breaking the crayons really irks me on multiple levels. 

    First, you mentioned that you stood back and watched him break multiple crayons during the assignment, to make sure that he wasn't doing it accidentally. It has already been established that he needs as much help as possible during writing assignments. Why are you just hanging out and watching him get frustrated and break crayons instead of showing him what to do?

    Secondly, he is SUPPOSED to be using broken crayons to begin with!! Why are you giving him regular crayons that make it even more difficult for him to maintain a proper grasp? You have this in writing, in the folder that I gave you, AND we discussed in the AP's office before school even started. Why are you STILL giving him unbroken crayons?

    Also, it really upsets me that after all of that, you took the broken crayons AWAY from him, instead of having him use them!! Again, he is supposed to be using a broken crayon. When I questioned him about this, he said that you never let him use the broken crayons. 

    Please understand that we purposefully break our crayons at home, AND they also use broken crayons in therapy. It is what he is used to, so I hope you don't think that I am punishing him for breaking the crayons while you refuse to help him to progress with his writing skills. I have seen the papers that he is coming home with. He isn't even close to tracing the shapes, so I know he isn't getting a whole ton of help or guidance in these assignments. 

    Finally, in the note you mentioned that he was breaking YOUR crayons. While I understand that teachers do buy many classroom items on their own, we payed a supply fee in excess of $100, that I was led to believe were specifically for things like CRAYONS. He hasn't broken $100 worth of crayons. Why can't 50 cents of that supply fee be put toward breaking a few of the crayons that I paid for, so that my kid can write. He can even use both ends. But whatever, it's ok, I will send our crayons from home, because apparently that is necessary. 

    I get that you are new and it is the beginning of the year, I really do. You seem really sweet and like you are trying. I have been there, and I get it, which is why you aren't actually receiving this letter. You will receive a very sweet note, with a bag of broken crayons on Monday. 

    Thanks,
    DS's Mom
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