Ds6 was pulled over by friend at school, pre warned he would do it. Ds fell back, hurt his back, belly and head and has developed a bad facial tick.
School said the other kid said it was an accident, didn't intend to hurt ds so just had a chat with him to play nicely in future. His parents will be told but not the severity of having a tick. Do you think this is right? What would you expect?
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Head injury causing tick
Picklebob123 · 29/11/2023 16:27
Picklebob123 · 29/11/2023 16:35
He went a & e. Low level concussion and the tick is anxiety trauma
LucyInTheParkWithDragons · 29/11/2023 18:23
If he’s previously had a tic it seems a bit far fetched to blame this incident for causing it.
Do you mean that ‘they’ said that the tix is your DS’s way of dealing with stress?
Picklebob123 · 29/11/2023 18:28
He had a tutting tic for 6 months when he was about 3.
The tic arose straight after the incident as his brain got damaged.
Tics following a head injury are known to occur in some patients suffering from moderate to severe Traumatic brain injury.
LucyInTheParkWithDragons · 29/11/2023 18:23
If he’s previously had a tic it seems a bit far fetched to blame this incident for causing it.
Do you mean that ‘they’ said that the tix is your DS’s way of dealing with stress?
Picklebob123 · 29/11/2023 18:08
From my view if it was an accident there still needs to be a consequence for the condition my son has now been given.
If I drive my car and "accidently" hit the car infron I'm still responsible for the damage to the driver for example.
GrazingSheep · 29/11/2023 18:39
You have quite a few threads about his anxiety around school. Has he had help for this ?
Princessfluffy · 29/11/2023 19:14
I would expect for the school to keep my child safe. Allowing bullying doesn't meet this basic expectation.
Sadly schools seem happy for relatively high levels of violence to go on with relatively little consequence. You and your DS very much have my sympathy OP.
Picklebob123 · 29/11/2023 19:19
Thank you, I appreciate that. He literally banged his head at lunch time, came home and was displaying facial tics. All relevant and due to the same incident, others seem to not be understanding.
The school classed it as an accident and 'boy behaviour". Now my son has a tic to contend with and this boy gets away scot free.
Princessfluffy · 29/11/2023 19:14
I would expect for the school to keep my child safe. Allowing bullying doesn't meet this basic expectation.
Sadly schools seem happy for relatively high levels of violence to go on with relatively little consequence. You and your DS very much have my sympathy OP.
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