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puccaupunderthemistletoe · 01/12/2006 13:29

My nephew is 9 YO and has mild dyspraxia.

My SIL has fought the school for one to one sessions for him which after a long and difficult fight she managed to get for him, his main problems is with reading and writing and he just wasn't getting the time and effort he needs to improve.

Atm in his one to one sessions, the topic is road safety, and the teacher took him out and about not near very busy roads but i gather it was about teaching him all about the safety aspects of being out and about, he came home from school that day and told my SIL the teacher had put a toddler wrist link on him and had obviously been out in public, what do you think about this?

TIA

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puccaupunderthemistletoe · 03/12/2006 21:13

Hi everyone soory for the delay in coming back to this thread.

Thankyou for all the replies

No my nephew is not likely to run in the middle of the road, he has very good road sense, rides his push bike around by my mums estate (fairly quiet).

My SIL has spoken to the teacher in question who said she also used a wrist strap on 2 other children...

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mumeeee · 02/12/2006 23:37

The teacher should not have used a wrist band on him. My 14 year old is dyspraxic and I have not used a wristband on her since she was about 4 or 5. In pimary school she did go round the local area when with her class when they were doing a Geography topic. All the children walked in pairs my DD included and none of them had to hold the teachers hand.
She would have ben most upset if a wrist band was used on her.

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LIZS · 02/12/2006 11:01

Seems a strange and rather demeaning thing to do but tbh I could understand that perhaps schools have to be really careful in our litigious society and physical contact of holding hands may be seen as even less appropriate. The exercise may well have been about sequencing of thoughts and actions which is very relevant to dyspraxia as self organisation and motor planning skills can be lacking.

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charliecat · 02/12/2006 10:30

Is he a child who would be likely to run off, or if he doesnt like whats being said might bolt? (I know such children)
Because if he is, then the teacher was taking precautions, and if he had of run away/out in the road everyone would be saying he should have been on a wrist strap.
No win situation?

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mummyhill · 02/12/2006 10:13

Poor kid. Someone needs to have a few quiet words with the teacher involved.

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zippitippitoes · 02/12/2006 09:53

It seems a very strange and irrelevant thing to do apart from anything else..why?

He has mild dyspraxia surely occupation therapy for handwriting would be better

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nearlythree · 02/12/2006 09:50

The effect on this poor chap is obviously the most concerning thing, but I'd also be worried about how the other children will view SN children. I would be livid if my dcs saw another child being treated like that.