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All I want is for the things that warrant a call or email to be documented so that I too can be treated fairly. I don't consider it to be fair when I'm told that these behaviors exist at school, but then at the IEP, his teacher says something that is completely different. In some cases, I feel that it plays a role in why it's so difficult for me to get the needed services for my son. I'm tired of the deception that his teacher has caused........it's not the truth. This is fair how? I simply requested that documentation of all things that are important enough to call or email about be documented and placed in his file at school. I really don't think this is too much to ask and I do expect it to happen. Can this request be added to my son's IEP and why or why not? My son's county case worker knows about our situation and she says that when I ask why these behaviors are not being documented when it is important enough to call or email about.

Personally, I do not like the things that Spongebob Squarepants teaches the kids. I've seen more unwanted behaviors in my children (my niece and sister will say the same) after watching this show than what they would display after watching something different or engaging in a different activity other than watching TV. I also frown on anything superhero related.........because kids tend to copy the things that they see on TV.

Sleep apnea (sp?) was my first thoughts as well when I read the first post here. It's dangerous and people can die from it and you need to see a doctor ASAP. They may suggest going to a sleep clinic, but to me it would be worth it. A sleep clinic could tell you for sure what is going on and help you get the medical intervention that you need. It's a scary thing to wake up being unable to breathe.Panic attacks can produse asthma-like symptoms, usually with it being hard to breathe. It just doesn't sound like a panic attack to me.........I'm thinking more on the line of a sleep disorder that is serious enough to seek immediate care for.

I'm under the impression that you don't believe in ghosts. I didn't believe in ghosts until about 12 or 13 years ago. I had purchased a mobile home and was never told the history of the home..........I would hear footsteps in the hallway, feel eyes watching me..........I've even heard a baby cry once my daughter was born and it wasn't my daughter crying. Needless to say we moved to a different mobile home and made up an excuse as to why we didn't want to continue living were we were. The neighbors that we had told us that a baby had died there on Thanksgiving Day.......just a few months before I moved into that mobile home. It's was like the longer we lived there the more frequently we would hear odd things and the creepier it became to live there. It was a beautiful mobile home........but the park had water problems which made the water undrinkable and add in the creepy events.......it got to be more than I was willing to deal with so we traded our mobile home for a different one in a completely different location.

Would it be beneficial to speak with a parent advocate group such as PACER? Would they be better able to answer my questions as to what I can expect from the schools as far as providing OT now that my son is officially diagnosed?Would PACER also be able to help in getting my son's teacher to document his behaviors while he is at school. He's obviously having some behaviors in school, but at his IEP meetings his teacher says that he's not having behaviors. So if these behaviors don't exist, then why are we (my mom and I) getting emails and calls about things that are directly related to his behavior at school? If these behaviors are serious enough to call or email about, then why are they serious enough to document and place in his file at school? Am I missing something here? Even my son's case worker through the county has said that these are very good questions.

The poem that was used when my dad passed away is as follows: Notice from jlhaslip: Quote tags added. Please read the Xisto readme for details.

I think that when a child dies, people tend to feel that the child never had much of a chance to experience life. They feel like the child's life was cut short and thus they feel sad being robbed of the opportunity to get to know what this child would become. When an elderly person dies, people tend to view it differently. The person had lived their life and had become who they were intended to be. It's still very sad and the person will still be missed, but people expect the elderly to be the ones that pass away.......not a child. I have seen much in my lifetime........I've seen the results of unfortunate accidents in which a child, teen, or adult has been forever changed. I have seen how much some of these people suffer........I wouldn't wish this on anyone. In all honesty, there are cases when it's okay to do what is needed to save the person's life, but there are also cases when the greater love would be to allow the person the right to die. It's never an easy choice to make.......sometimes it even seems cruel.......but is it? Some people get terminally ill or suffer a bad stroke and they want to die........it's their choice........so they starve themselves to death. It's not that they weren't offered food......they chose not to eat the life-saving food that was provided. My dad passed away 9-30-2007 from the lung cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos and a bad heart. He wanted to die.......he had enough. He chose to drink alcohol with his med despite the warning against doing this........it made him verbally abusive. He would have become physically abusive as well, but we told him that if he continued to act in that manner that we would have no choice but to place him in a nursing home. His dream was to die at home. He didn't eat as he should have. I can't say for sure and my mom thinks the same, but I think he was attempting to starve himself but then started eating junk food instead of eating foods that offered the proper nutrition to settle his stomach. It got really ugly during the months leading up to his death..........he had a living will on file and so there was nothing anyone could legally do to attempt to save his life. We were all very prepared for his death.......we knew it was coming, but we didn't know when. I was suppose to care for him the morning that he passed away........I pulled up to their home and a police car was right behind me.......I knew instantly that my dad had passed away between when I curved our plans to go to church that Sunday morning and the time the police car pulled up........nobody had to tell me what happened........I knew. Yeah, it was a very sad day...........but we knew it was coming. My dad was 79 years old when he passed away........in many ways, he was always there for me and looked out for me prior to his death..........my dad is greatly missed. Where a baby or child will be remembered by it's parents........but an adult will be remembered by all that knew them and spoken about for years to come.

My son has autism and is receiving school services geared to teach children with autism. How ever he is being denied OT through the school, but receives speech services. Now that I finally have an official diagnosis for him, and since private OT and private speech are suggested........can the school be expected to provide OT as well and why or why not?

My son is autistic, ADHD, and mild MR. I also have a cousin with Asperber's Syndrome. You can learn more about autism by typing autism, asperger sydrome, or PDD into your search engine. Some other sites you may want to check out are: https://www.autism.com/ http://nationalautismassociation.org/

I'm here, but I have no idea how I got here as this doesn't appear to be what I was looking for.I did a search for a free sig rotator site and I found this site instead. I'm so confused my this site........I saw something I wanted to respond to and was unable to do so.