I was just wondering if any of the other parents out there who have children diagnosed with A.S. feel that it's somewhat unfair for schools to suspend their children given the fact that they have a disorder which makes it difficult for them to deal with frustrations, focusing, interacting with their peers?
I don't expect school staff to ignore certain behaviours and I certainly don't think kids with A.S. go unpunished but I do however feel that to suspend them is basically like saying the kids can stop their behaviour.
In most cases it's the school who suggest the kids be diagnosed so why, once the child has the diagnosis do they continue to treat it like it's simply bad behaviour on the child's part?
Are any of the other parents having issues with how their child's school handles things?
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Why should any child be
Submitted by 123bee on Wed, 2010-07-07 04:26.
Why should any child be removed from school or not be allowed to attend school merely on the basis of them being diagnosed with an illness.
If the child has a disease then there are also many especial schools like therapeutic boarding schools where the child will feel a lot more comfortable.
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Its hard for parents with
Submitted by 123bee on Thu, 2010-05-06 05:35.
Its hard for parents with kids who are diagnosed with Asperger syndrome and its tough on the child as well. We all just are concerned about the way we as parents deal with the troubled kid but for the kid to face such issues at such a young age is even tougher.
If the school is not cooperating then you can take help of online courses to keep the child's education on track.
Kathy
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Many people believe children
Submitted by Matt John on Sat, 2010-04-10 02:39.
Many people believe children with Autism do not form attachments. This is certainly a myth. They do form attachments to people. It is different but as the parent of a child with Autism and a child with Aspergers I have witnessed the attachments.
Just my 2 cents,
Matt John
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Asperger's Syndrome
Submitted by NikkaD on Fri, 2010-03-12 21:35.
I don’t think that the kids having Asperger’s Syndrome should be suspended. It is not their fault. They should understand what these kids are going through. The episode of Parenthood the other night got people interested in Asperger's Disease, or alternatively, Asperger's Syndrome. Asperger's is essentially a high-functioning form of autism – sufferers often have problems with developing social relationships, and display signs of obsessive-compulsive behavior. So, they need exposure so that their social behavior will be developed.
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Is there another system?
Submitted by Katie Nielsen on Wed, 2008-11-05 11:06.
I'm a new member to this group. My younger brother has AS and is now 17 and attending an arts college in Britain which has special accommodation for students with AS. I myself have both dyslexia and dyspraxsia so I too have had a hard time navigating my way through the education system, however, not nearly so hard as the struggle my brother Matthew has to go through. Ever since elementary school Matthew's school has constantly sent him home during the school day because they couldn't cope with his disruptive behaviour. I can remember most days he would be home early when we got home from school because the school had called my dad from work and had asked him to come and pick up Matthew. Even though his teacher was more understanding than most and really enjoyed having his as a student he still received little education from this institution as most of his time was spent out of the class room.
This only got worse when he started high school. He when to a local comprehensive school because some of his friends were attending this school, however, I'm sure he must have only spent one week on the school grounds in total in the few months that he was there because the school constantly sent him how for days or a whole week. I agree with the previous comments that suspension only encourages bad behaviour in children with AS. Matthew learned that if he was disruptive he would be able to leave the boring classroom when the he wasn't interested in the lesson being taught or it didn't challenge him enough.
Fortunately Matthew was accepted into a very special private school funded by the British government which had very few students and specialised in teaching children with behavioural and social difficulties. This school was amazing and really helped Matthew to grow in confidence and learn to interact and understand others better. The only problem was that, although his social skills were significantly improved, the education system was a little lacking as this school had never had a child attend school past the age of sixteen.
One thing that has always bothered me about the education system is that it does not cater from difference. I wonder whether there is any way to change this. Should children with AS attend different classes or is it the teaching and way AS is viewed and treated that needs to change? Sorry that's a very broad question. I just wonder if there is a better system.
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Schools and AS don't mix
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2006-11-09 15:35.
I doubt that you will find any parent with a child with any disability that hasn't run into problems with a school. Disability means that the child does not fit into the box that our school systems are designed to handle. As much as educational theory and ideals would like to say that differences are encouraged and accepted, any time you have a group of people (not just children) trying to work/learn together means conformity to a certain degree. In other words differences are encouraged only to a certain degree. You may have noticed that AS individuals can have problems with conformity and rarely ever fit into that box. I read somewhere that one of the worst places for a person with AS to be is in school. It requires constant socialization and constant sensory involvement. Two major stressors that can lead to behaviour problems.
I have the joy of being both a parent of an AS daughter and a teacher. I love both jobs and I think being a parent of AS has made me a better teacher. As a parent, my thoughts are a child should never be punished for their disability. As a teacher, the reality is that I have to be there for all my students. If a student is so disruptive that the other students learning is impacted or if the other students are in danger of being hurt than the student must be removed (from the classroom). Of course, the student is always allowed back as soon as they are ready to handle the classroom situation again. I am not a supporter of suspensions. My AS daughter looks for reasons not to go to school. If the school gave her a reason not to come, then we are in deep trouble. The school should be allowing your child to take a break from the stress that is causing the behaviour problem. It should never be worded as a suspension even an in-school suspension. It is allowing that child to regain their composure and bring down there stress level. For my daughter sometimes that meant the whole morning or day. other times it was just for an hour or a few minutes but she never left the school and she did her school work (as much as she could anyways) whereever she was destressing. There were times where things got so bad that I chose as a parent to allow my daughter not to go to school becuase she was on serious overload but that was our choice as a family not the school mandating it.
Cherise
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