Welcome to the thread Mama Spice. I truly can relate. I used to wonder when the cops were going to rock up on my doorstep. I am sure some kids not liking bath time is normal, but the screaming from Princess during a bath was something else entirely. My ears would be ringing for hours afterwards. It has thankfully passed over now and bath time is not the nightmare it used to be, but she is still set off by the tiniest thing.

Tan: I am so glad to hear they have come to the part with helping Master H. Hopefully this will be an extremely positive role for his future now. Especially learning about 'real friends'. May those boys never get near your boy again =(

Hurry back, Clover!

Here, I have a problem.

Princess was moved into SPED for the last term of 2010. That was fine and we were pleased, only this year her new teachers (yeah, plural - not at the same time! UGH! Job sharing special needs kids, you have GOT to be kidding me, right???) have this policy which DH and I are having an issue with. We have to go pick Princess up from class or the quad (after all the other kids have been picked up and her teacher brings her up). She is not allowed to walk to the car herself.

This is a independence skill she has had for 2 years. She has been walking to the car without issue or drama since year 2. I understand if its a whole classroom thing, but we are very very worried that it will drag her backwards. People only have to suggest something and she runs with it and won't change it. Someone once said her aversion to white foods could be a dairy allergy, and now nothing at all ever in the world is going to convince her she is not allergic to dairy food. She isn't, but she wont believe us or the paed that she isn't.

If they make her believe she needs to be picked up from the quad, her ability to independently navigate her way around is going to be utterly destroyed.

Problem is, I don't think the school is going to change their mind on it. I am going to try but it may not happen. Being regional, we don't have any other school options either.. so here is the problem.

She coped mentally and emotionally in mainstream, she just wasn't doing it intellectually the way all the other kids do. But if I have to, should I ask them to put her back in mainstream and supplement her learning at home?