sctatching distracting class

[leamac]

Hi
sorry need to let this anger out and wee if anyone can advice me.
My son has dcd, this means he has low muscle tone, poor motor skill, add, etc on top of this he has asthma and eczema.

My son's headmaster was great and understood him well, but left to go on a sabatical, the replacement seems to think there is nothing wrong with my son and I am overprotective, please help me.

Examples, my son fidgets all the time, I got called into school last week to be told his scratching of his eczema is distracting the class. His eczema has been under control for 2 years.

My son is very sensitive to loud noises, gets severe travel sickness, and has poor coordination, he was asked to go on school trip to another school, 28 miles away for a basketball tournament. I spoke to school saying my son wasn't happy, in his school the others kids know he is no good at sports but when he joins other school he tends to get bullied. On top of that is the travel sickness, anyway spoke to school. asked if my son could just watch the tournament, as he would be ill by the time he got here and was worried about being laughed at, school agreed as it was great he was going, (normally wouldn't even go) son comes home, covered in sick and upset as he was made to play in the tournament, this in turn stressed him out and I have been up all night with his asthma.

sorry for rambling

any advice

sorry should say see if anyone can advice me, not wee, I promise not to wee if anyone advices me. Hey its been a long night

can you get a statement for his needs or onto action plus at school
does he have IEP'S to work on that have his needs in writing

the head sounds awful in all honesty is he still under a paediatrician could you get them involved regarding your sons needs

are you under OT or physio that can write to the school

sorry not great with advise these days if its all in writing and there fully aware of your sons condition then surely you can complain to LEA if its not in writing you need to get it in writing so action can be taken could you speak to the SENCO i would presume SENCO is involved with your son anyway maybe you need some new action plans set up regarding your sons needs or get advise on what to do next such as apply for a statement etc

Yes it is all in writing, the OT visits the school every few months as does the language therapist, the paediatrician only come every 6 months, I feel so let down as the school was great before, i feel the head is influencing the other teachers who were great before, she sees me as an over protective mum and thinks my son is pandered to, he really isn't he just has complex needs. thanks for the advice, I will phone OT and LT monday morning see if I can hold an emergency meeting, I am losing faith in the school.

sorry your going through all this its not good on there behalf and you should get something arranged with the head to understand the needs more and actions needed sadly us mums who have children with additional needs can come across to others as being overprotective but we have to be'
ask the head of there personal experience and then thank them for nothing and then ask them from there in to take notice of you who does have personal experience

my ds scratches like mad in school....not at home. It is anxiety. Could your ds be anxious? Has your ds sensory processing problems like my ds...sounds similar maybe OT and/or psychology assessment for sensory/anxiety??

I am really angry for you.

This happened to us.

My DS has severe atopic eczema. Its the most under control it has ever been but he is an atopic boy and always will be.

I had a AIBU on here after teacher pulled me aside and said

'could you do something about his eczema, he scratches all the time and its very hard for us to watch him suffer' He expected me to sort 'something' out over the weekend and bring him back cured.

The school has been made very well aware of his skin condition and given lots of info. This obviously had been pretty much ignored.

So I printed out pages and pages of info and presented them to the teacher. I also got a letter from our wonderful dermatology nurse. I also spoke at some length about DS's allergy to dust and how the classroom was probably just not clean enough

Seemed to sort it out.

People are very ignorant about eczema but ironically everybody seems to think they are an expert. A 'friend' advised me that she had been watching my DS and had concluded that he scratched for attention.

I dont know how to advise about the other issues your little lad has. I am still trying to get the statement/suitable school sorted for my DS. He has a collection of issues too.

But you have my sympathies for having to put up with ignorance.