Dan Olweus, creator of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, provides this commonly accepted definition for bullying in his book, Bullying at School: What We Know and What We Can Do:
“A person is bullied when he or she is exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more [...]
This is an update to my previous post, Another Bout Of Bullying.
The Asst. Principal called me to talk some more about the bullying incident with Timmy on the bus. I told her that I was upset that she had told Timmy that he was not bullied and not punched. She said that [...]
Last year when we were setting up Timothy’s IEP we had decided that he would ride on the BOCES bus to and from school, with the hopes of transitioning him to the regular bus during the school year . A few weeks into the school year, Timothy’s teacher contacted me and let me know [...]
I realized today that I didn’t post any first day of school pics on the blog! WHAT!?!?
This is one that I got of Adrian on his first day of Kindergarten this year. He was all teary eyed. He kept wiping his eyes so that none of the other kids would see. I got [...]
I called the school last week to see if Timmy could come in and see the classroom and meet his teacher before school started. Just as a way to transition him into going back to public school. The secretary told me she’d let his teacher know that I wanted to talk to her and she’d [...]
Tonight we decided to invite some friends over for a bonfire. This was our first bonfire of the summer. The kids were all psyched about it. We had also purchased a few fireworks to set off. I was a little worried about how they would effect Timmy, but [...]
I went in this morning ready for a huge battle. I hardly slept all night.
The first thing the one lady said to me was “Just because this doctor says he is Autistic, doesn’t mean he actually is. He could have mental health issues like anxiety and depression and they can mimic Autism.” She hadn’t [...]
This last year has been long. I feel like I’ve been at war with the school this whole time. And now, after much frustration, stress, money, time, and energy … we have 2 new diagnosis for T. First is Central Auditory Processing Disorder. Second is Autism. I’ve scheduled a CSE meeting for next week, where [...]
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