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Teacher ripping my sons work up even though he has a visual impairment

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Charl871 · 22/10/2023 18:05

My son has an eye condition which makes him visually impaired. The council assessed him at school and advised on all the equipment he needs to help with his learning.

The other day he came home from school and was upset as he said his teacher had ripped his work up twice in front of the whole class. He told me he can't see the thin lines to write on (which the council has requested to the school that he has thicker lined books) so his teacher ripped his work up saying he hasn't written on the lines.

I have got parents evening next week and would like some advice on how I can approach this incident with his teacher

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annonymousandlikeit · 22/10/2023 21:44

TheCurtainQueen · 22/10/2023 21:38

I think cornering the teacher at parents evening is appropriate (as well as speaking to the head tomorrow). I would want to hear from the teacher exactly what they thought they were playing at.

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I cant think of anything positive or constructive that could possibly come out of "cornering" someone to confront them in a professional situation with a very strict time limit, in public

And potentially a lot of bad

herbygarden · 22/10/2023 21:52

That teacher should be sacked in my opinion! To rip up any 10 year olds work is horrific but with your sons visual impairment too that makes me so angry and so sad. How dare they!

YireosDodeAver · 22/10/2023 21:59

This isn't an appropriate topic for parents evening, when you have a 5 minute slot to exchange key information between school and home.

Your son's teacher has been stigmatising and ridiculing your son in front of the class for having a disability. It would be minimising and trivialising this serious shortfall in professional conduct to even attempt to talk about it during parents evening. Tbh you shouldn't even be sending your child into school until the head can assure you that they will have a teacher who isn't a disablist arsehole.

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FloofCloud · 22/10/2023 22:02

That's awful! Along with what you've already done, I'd be asking parents of other pupils in the class to tell their parents what happened and they can tell you

xyz111 · 22/10/2023 22:15

This is disability discrimination and I would be kicking right off!! How dare the teacher treat your son like that. Put in a formal complaint to the Head and Governors. No child should be treated like that.

xyz111 · 22/10/2023 22:17

Charl871 · 22/10/2023 19:20

Thank you. I have informed his VI, I believe she is due in again this week as she believes he needs touch type.

I have had so much trouble with this school, he has only just gone back after me taking him out for 10 days due to racial and physical bullying. So I am currently looking for another school for him

I'm so sorry he's going through this. Can you speak to the SEN department at the council? They were amazing with supporting my son.

AdoraBell · 22/10/2023 22:18

Bloody outrageous. Write the the head, email too and say you want a written explanation.

vipersnest1 · 23/10/2023 00:06

Another mum of a VI child (now grown up) here, and also a teacher.
I'd go to parents evening, @Charl871 , just to see what happens. I'm betting the teacher will have SENCO or HT with them when they see you, unless they are complete fools. Wait your time if that isn't what happens though - above all else don't lose your dignity, as much as I know you'll want to be ripping her skin off. Have a list of relevant questions: what are you doing to make sure my son can access the curriculum, what equipment are you providing, does he need individual help to make sure he is making appropriate progress, etc, and match that to his EHCP (take it with you). Again, if she hasn't made sure she knows his EHCP inside out, she's an idiot. Make notes on what she says.
If the school have got any brains at all, they will get onto it quickly, i.e. before parents evening, and should also contact you quickly too - I've no doubt they will hear from DS's VI too, as soon as you've spoken to her.
Keep going with building your son's confidence. He will eventually get to a point where he can start to advocate for himself.
We had a bit of this at secondary school - one deranged maths teacher who insisted that pages with mistakes on were torn out. He was also fond of setting tasks on a platform that had to be completed within a timeframe - DC didn't stand a chance. It was sorted out after I contacted the school and the VI service.
Just to give you some positivity, my DC is now in their early twenties, work g and living away from home, despite being registered blind at a month old due to a genetic condition. It can feel like an uphill battle with people who can't / don't want to understand at times, but it's all worth it in the end.

Snugglemonkey · 23/10/2023 00:07

Lougle · 22/10/2023 18:10

I wouldn't be leaving this until parents evening. I'd be contacting the Head Teacher in writing, immediately.

Definitely this. I would not be approaching it with his teacher. I would be making a formal complaint.

coronafiona · 23/10/2023 00:08

There should be a VI support worker to help advise the school you should involve them

HappiDaze · 23/10/2023 00:44

You need to write to the governors and the LEA

I'm shocked that any teacher in this century thinks it's ok to rip up a child's work and humiliate them in front of the class

Of course your son didn't lie OP

This teacher should not be teaching

HappiDaze · 23/10/2023 00:48

Is this in the UK or US or somewhere else ?

catherinewales · 24/10/2023 22:50

Have you spoken to the teacher yet?

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