You need to sit with the principal and possibly the
special ed folk *immediately* to set up accommodations
for your little guy. There is a process called a 504
where the staff and you and the docs come up with
appropriate accommodations.

Doris
--- dunninghams <dunninghams@...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I don't know about you but the season is a puke
> filled one here for
> us. Too much excitement. Well, this year we
> haven't been so lucky.
> My sons teacher is mortified by his GERD and is
> constantly telling
> him he is sick (snotty nose and cough) and needs to
> see a Doctor. I
> tried to get in before school started to talk to her
> and explain his
> GERD but they were not interested and too busy. I
> got called every
> day last week (by my son not the teacher) with
> requests to take him
> home because he had vomitted.
> I finally went and got him and headed directly to
> the Dr. Yup, not
> sick. OK teach, proof, now move on..... I was
> called by her the 1st
> week to inform me he was very behind and had some
> behavior "issues".
> I tried to explain that he was suffering GERD
> related problems but
> she didn't believe me. Two weeks and she was shown,
> by him, that it
> was temporary. He is back up to grade 2 standards.
> They actually
> asked if he could carry a bucket with
> him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What
> next, a sign? Plastic splash bib? Tatoo on his
> forehead? No dignity.
> His other
> teacher always understood and cared, this one
> dislikes him intensly,
> is disgusted by the GERD and doesn't want to deal
> with his medical
> issues, at all. Not one phonecall, except from my
> son saying the
> teacher sent him to call to go home. I told her if
> he WAS sick he
> wouldn't stop vomitting. He is becoming slightly
> depressed. He KNOWS
> his teacher doesn't like him and why. It is obvious
> by how short she
> is with him and by her reaction to his vomitting.
> How am I supposed
> to deal with this? Any of you know how to deal with
> this? I would
> appreciate any advise....
>
> Paula
>
>


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