tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post3124160824990069..comments2024-03-11T11:13:12.066-05:00Comments on Homeschool and Etc.: Legal Child Abuse?Happy Elf Mom (Christine)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-29595075263910429742008-08-20T09:03:00.000-05:002008-08-20T09:03:00.000-05:00Hi, anonymous. My younger children are educated a...Hi, anonymous. My younger children are educated at home. My eldest, who is a high school freshman, is "gifted" and has never encountered difficulties to this degree and would like to continue his education in public school. So we let him.<BR/><BR/>My second eldest is also autistic and is in special education(grade 8). In HIS case, they use the "safe" or "recovery" room as a calm-down area but have NOT shut the door on him. I am ok with that and have emailed his special ed teacher that the door is never to be locked.<BR/><BR/>I think circumstances under which one should lock a child in a room like that should be extremely extraordinary ones. Unfortunately, when we deferred to the school staff's "professional judgment" with Elf years ago, we found him locked up frequently and have removed him from school.<BR/><BR/>I'm concerned as well about public schools like this. I'm thankful to live in a state (Missouri) where home education is not very restricted, but concerned that the same state allows for such free reign by school staff.<BR/><BR/>Surely, anonymous, I would be turned in to the proper authorities if I locked my children in the closet on a regular basis. Why can school staff not be held accountable to the same standard? I find it odd that the stereotype is that home educators are the ones doing this sort of thing when really, it's the schools that are abusive in our case.<BR/><BR/>Not to ramble, but while there ARE abusive parents out there, on the whole it's the schools who have the lawyers and the laws on their side. Most parents truly do want what is best for their children. Were I beginning grade school over again with my older children, I would seriously consider homeschool.<BR/><BR/>Oddly, the public special-needs preschool does not use these methods and I wouldn't be averse to sending my special-needs son there if the situation warrants in another year and a half. It may well be that special-needs staff at the preschool are better trained for "situations" before they arise, rather than coming down on the back end with consequences for things after the fact.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-67961067192029748542008-08-20T06:18:00.000-05:002008-08-20T06:18:00.000-05:00O.K. I've been reading your interesting but scary ...O.K. I've been reading your interesting but scary posts for awhile now. Do you still send your children to these public schools? I hope not. I know kids with handicaps are a handful, but wouldn't it be more humane to just keep them home? I think it would be better to learn nothing at all than to be subjected to this sort of abuse. Why keep fighting?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-45731986476784810442008-08-20T03:20:00.000-05:002008-08-20T03:20:00.000-05:00That sounds pretty scary. At my daughter's school ...That sounds pretty scary. At my daughter's school they have a TAP (Thinking and Planning)room, which is really a fancy name for detention. If you get given a 'yellow card' you get TAP room. Nobody has ever really explained the whys or wherefores to me. I just told my kid that if she got a yellow card she better run fast, cos if I catch her she won't be worried about the TAP room!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-79872895892194286422008-08-19T21:47:00.000-05:002008-08-19T21:47:00.000-05:00Yes, and I beleive there was a big hulaboo (sp?) a...Yes, and I beleive there was a big hulaboo (sp?) at one of our former LS elementary schools about something like this. I think....<BR/><BR/>You definitely will know Niki by her pink helmet. Too funny, Mrs. C! <BR/><BR/>We're using MOSTLY BJU this year. We're doing that with SS, Reading and Bible. I'm using Rod and Staff for LA and something I can't remember for Science (bad Mom, too lazy to go look, too). It's not one of the big companies, though. I think I regret not getting BJU Spelling, so I'm off to the Good Shepherd later this week to see if I can score a used copy. If not, I'm not sure, maybe Rod and Staff. Oh! And Teaching Textbooks for Math...don't have that yet, so we're reviewing for a few weeks. <BR/><BR/>Alex is doing very well, gets that thing out of his mouth next week. Hooray! <BR/><BR/>xoxoStaceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07987035836694556653noreply@blogger.com