teacher question

[daughtersrus]

The OP lives in NY.

Thanks.
I agree that an aide according to NY standards should not be working individually with students.

 

[TheIncredibles!]

Long story. This was about 12 years ago. The PT assured us that everyone working with DD would be properly trained. She did not train anyone! They put DD in a ring sit position without prior stretching. They had orders from DD's Ortho saying stretching was needed. DD is also nonverbal so we had to go by their reports. We were told that DD started to lean to one side. When she did, her knee lifts off the floor because she was tight from not stretching. Instead of righting DD from the torso like most would do, the person working with her kept pushing on DD's knee. This caused a spiral break in the femur that required surgery to insert two rods. The Ortho said the bones were so splintered it was like they were wringing out a rag

Insurance wouldn't pay the medical bills because they said someone was negligent and caused the injury. School district wouldnt pay becaue they are immune to liability. In the end our insurance agreed to pay as long as we sued. We were able to prove that they knew an injury could happen if they didn't follow doctor orders. Ever since, dd has been in a private school at the expense of the district.

One thing that I found helpful is to put everything in writing(email). When they refuse a service I say something like "we understated that xyz is expensive and finances for the district are tight ..." And then they will usually give us what we are asking for. They know that they can't deny a service based on money. If they don't agree, get it in writing. If you choose to ask for a private eval at the school district's expense, make sure to put that in writing. You can also ask them for an assistive technology evaluation since your DD is nonverbal and has processing delays.

Again, situations like these are part of the reasons my DDs became SpEd teachers m

That's horrible. I can't even begin to imagine what that was like to go through. When my oldest was non-verbal I was pretty much in a constant state of panic because I worried so much about stuff something happening that he couldn't tell me about. I had no clue if he was treated well, if he was scared, if the other kids were being nice etc. It's hard to learn to blindly trust people but you have no choice when your kid can't talk. I can't imagine how it would have been if my child was so horribly hurt like this by the people you have to learn to trust.

 

[bsblady01]

The Aide pulls him out of the classroom for extra help? That's allowed in your school?

yes

 

[bsblady01]

Aides are not qualified to pull children from a classroom and instruct or assist them by themselves. The OP answers very briefly with no clarification so these comments are concerning. I would hope this child is being pulled into a resource Room with a Special Education Teacher and is not simply being pulled by an "aid".

There's an entire list of things I can ask based on comments made here that really concern me but I'll refrain. Just wondering what the response will be.

it's a resource room and they have a few kids in the room working on the same goal

 

[RitaE]

In our state an "aid" is most frequently a person assigned to a student to assist in matters such as movement from place to place and/or other physical type care activities (lunch or restroom). A Paraprofessional, which is a person who has education and training, might pull a student to a Resource room to provide instructional assistance that is given under the supervision and monitoring of a Therapist or Teacher.