Recently I was contacted by a local parent who was having trouble getting the school to understand her concern for her son.

She had asked that her son be moved from one teachers class to another. The principal tried to the mother and placed the child in another classroom.

When the child continued to have a difficult time.
The parent became concerned again. Thinking his behavior should not call for the child to be placed outside of the class room and made to redo work he had already completed.

The Teacher and the Principal both concluded that the child had some medical issues and should be evaluated by a doctor for ADD. After reading both the forms the mother and the Teacher filled out.
The doctor agreed with the Teacher that the child did have ADD and should be medicated.

The mother got the prescription filled but is very reluctant to start her son on the medications. Many parents are not comfortable with a child needing to be placed on medication as an answer to
treatment. So her concerns in this area did not phase me. I myself had been reluctant at times to
consider medication for my daughter.

In our school system there is a parent coordinator that works with the parent and the school system when issues arise. This is the next step to resolving the concerns for the child. It is early enough in the school year to help get this child back on track if the school and the parent works together to accommodate the child's educational needs.

Placing the boy in another class is one option. However I feel that there is more to this story than just the mothers side. I am reluctant to comment on the situation until I have sat down with her son and spoken with his Teacher.

It is very important that a Teacher and a Parent have a good open communication line. This is to the child's advantage and will work in the child's best interest.

It is unfortunate when a parent can not come to a compromise with the school that can work to the child's best educational needs.

Medication is an option. It would be one way to find out if medication can help in the school vs. child situation.

However without the parents consent and willing attitude to try medication. Other plans need to be developed.

What has already been accomplished for the child is:

A). The child was moved to another classroom.
1). The same problems still exist.

B). The parent is still angry with the school.
Wanting the child moved again. So a parent
coordinator has been assigned.

C). The principal and the super intendant of schools
has been contacted.

The Child's Story:

A). The teacher is mean to him and yells at him.
B). He is set outside of the classroom into the hallway and made to redo homework, with less than two corrections to be made.
C). The child refuses to go to school.

The Mothers Story:

A). The child is not liked by the teacher and they can not get along.
B). The child should not be put in the hallway and made to re do the complete assignment. Rather just made to redo the problems he has gotten wrong.
C). She wants the child moved to another classroom
again. Stating that the new teacher does not like him because she and the old teacher are friends.
D). She is demanding the school do something other than to tell her to medicate her child.

Ok where is the happy balance here? We shall see what the parent coordinator has to say after viewing both sides and making a recommendation.

Tune in to a follow up on this mom and her untamable issues with her child's teacher.