YIKES!! We have a big issue with staff...
All week last week my son had serious anxiety especially at start of day. Everyday he had awful cramping and diarrhea when time to leave rolled around. He is really struggling. The Social Worker and Psychologist have been working with him heavily to help and have been kind and helpful.
Today both the SW and Psych physically restrained him (and he was hysterical) as I painfully walked away questioning whether this was the right decision but knowing we have been trying everything else and it was not working.
He did calm rather quickly using his breathing and techniques and went on to have a good day. Including saying "it really helped me to get forced today. It actually worked well for me and I was okay after just a little bit." This was his report at lunchtime.
Then at the end of the day he told me he got to check out 2 books from the library but that his teacher refused to let him check out the book he wanted from a series he has read quite a bit including in the classroom last year. That wouldn't have been so bad... maybe just a misunderstanding or not being clear that he does read on that level.
It's the reason that has me rather disgusted. He says the teacher told him, "you can't check out that book because you didn't come to school with a smile today"!!!! I heard her say those very words earlier in the week about how he needed to come with a smile after the first tough day she saw.
I can't even begin to understand how someone could think they could talk to a young child that way. He has a diagnosed anxiety disorder with a PTSD pattern in his brain scans. He is working seriously hard to overcome profoundly difficult physical and emotional struggles... but no little boy, next time SMILE or you will have your learning options limited even further.
Where do you start with a teacher like this?
