Comments | nagaina_ryuuoh: And it keeps getting better!

nagaina_ryuuoh

And it keeps getting better!

Jun 29, 2010 10:30

...For values of 'better' that mean 'why I am I fucking doing this again? Oh, that's right, because if I don't, the state reserves the right to take my son away because I'm refusing to cooperate!'

As you know, for the last several months, we have been engaged in the frustrating process of attempting to obtain educational wraparound services for ( Read more... )

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eyelid June 29 2010, 16:03:44 UTC

sounds like all this is going to be super-useful to Callan.

Why are they so fixated on him? don't they have kids with actual problems to deal with?

nagaina_ryuuoh June 29 2010, 16:10:00 UTC

I have no fucking idea at this point. It'd be one thing if he'd been making no progress but, frankly, he has been and the school district even admits as much. He graduated out of math support, he graduated out of reading support, he met and in some cases exceeded all their educational goals for advancement to first grade. He's just...very active and impulsive. Which they don't want to have to deal with but isn't, you know, an actual disability. It's pretty much a function of being SIX.

eyelid June 29 2010, 16:28:20 UTC

the procrustean bed in action

jltraut June 29 2010, 17:28:10 UTC

The private child psychologist probably intended to do a full evaluation. Until he found out your insurance wouldn't pay for it. Then he changed his approach and did only what he would actually be reimbursed for. Can't really blame him for that, I'm sure he's gotten burned countless times by insurance companies refusing to pay for work he's already done with regards to evaluations and so on. You KNOW how insurance companies are. So he checks ahead of time, finds out what they actually will pay for, and does that and no more ( ... )