Long 5 1/2 months

by Kathy

Apr 13, 2017

It has been a long haul this school year. I need to learn how to retire the right way. I took on a .5 resource position for 1 extremely needy (read that as volatile) special ed student who was in a self-contained low incidence classroom. He was too high functioning for the classroom, but too low for others in the district. So, I took him for three hours/day. It was an awesome job the first couple of months. I ended up with another student for an hour a day, too. The two of them worked very well together and were both doing well. After Christmas Break he fell apart. Volatile turned to extremely violent. His outbursts weren't super severe and he was easily redirected. Fast forward to the past couple of weeks. He has attacked staff on a regular basis and has injured a couple of us. We have been sending him home as he cannot stay when he is that out of control. Our building is not set up for him. The past two weeks he has been sent home a total of 5 days. Yesterday was horrid. I am on anxi...See MoreIt has been a long haul this school year. I need to learn how to retire the right way. I took on a .5 resource position for 1 extremely needy (read that as volatile) special ed student who was in a self-contained low incidence classroom. He was too high functioning for the classroom, but too low for others in the district. So, I took him for three hours/day. It was an awesome job the first couple of months. I ended up with another student for an hour a day, too. The two of them worked very well together and were both doing well. After Christmas Break he fell apart. Volatile turned to extremely violent. His outbursts weren't super severe and he was easily redirected. Fast forward to the past couple of weeks. He has attacked staff on a regular basis and has injured a couple of us. We have been sending him home as he cannot stay when he is that out of control. Our building is not set up for him. The past two weeks he has been sent home a total of 5 days. Yesterday was horrid. I am on anxiety meds daily and take another one prn, which is turning to on a regular basis. I have to be buzzed in to the building as the child broke my id across the chip that unlocks the door. I looked across the hall into the office from outside this morning. The secretary had a huge grin on her face and was waving me to the office. I went in and told her to please tell me he was absent today. She said it was better than that. Mom pulled him. He will be going to his dad's to stay as he is just too much for her to handle, too. I did the happy dance. I put my stuff in my room and went to his classroom. You could feel the absence of tension. When everyone saw me we all just laughed. I had already turned in my resignation papers for next Friday as I will be out of hours I can teach while retired. The district was having issues trying to find a sub that would take the position until the end of the school year. Problem solved. I feel a huge load has been lifted. I am hoping mom went in and signed the paperwork. If not I have to go in on Tuesday (no school on Monday). I told a friend of mine I would help her do her state testing on her students. They take the alternate assessment and she needs help with a couple of the students. If I am not teaching next week, I may ask if I can come in and volunteer my time to help. Today was a wonderful day. Kathy

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Betty Ann Well, Happy Easter to you! Your student may have the potential to be high functioning, but not with that lack of self-control. It doesn't sound to me like he was placed properly--lots of needs not being met, particularly safety for him and others. I'll bet your anxiety levels will quickly be down to normal, Kathy. Were you physically injured?
<...See MoreWell, Happy Easter to you! Your student may have the potential to be high functioning, but not with that lack of self-control. It doesn't sound to me like he was placed properly--lots of needs not being met, particularly safety for him and others. I'll bet your anxiety levels will quickly be down to normal, Kathy. Were you physically injured?

On 4/13/17, Kathy wrote: > It has been a long haul this school year. I need to learn > how to retire the right way. I took on a .5 resource > position for 1 extremely needy (read that as volatile) > special ed student who was in a self-contained low > incidence classroom. He was too high functioning for the > classroom, but too low for others in the district. So, I > took him for three hours/day. It was an awesome job the > first couple of months. I ended up with another student for > an hour a day, too. The two of them worked very well > together and were both doing well. After Christmas Break he > fell apart. Volatile turned to extremely violent. His > outbursts weren't super severe and he was easily > redirected. Fast forward to the past couple of weeks. He > has attacked staff on a regular basis and has injured a > couple of us. We have been sending him home as he cannot > stay when he is that out of control. Our building is not > set up for him. The past two weeks he has been sent home a > total of 5 days. Yesterday was horrid. I am on anxiety meds > daily and take another one prn, which is turning to on a > regular basis. I have to be buzzed in to the building as > the child broke my id across the chip that unlocks the > door. I looked across the hall into the office from outside > this morning. The secretary had a huge grin on her face and > was waving me to the office. I went in and told her to > please tell me he was absent today. She said it was better > than that. Mom pulled him. He will be going to his dad's to > stay as he is just too much for her to handle, too. I did > the happy dance. I put my stuff in my room and went to his > classroom. You could feel the absence of tension. When > everyone saw me we all just laughed. I had already turned > in my resignation papers for next Friday as I will be out > of hours I can teach while retired. The district was having > issues trying to find a sub that would take the position > until the end of the school year. Problem solved. I feel a > huge load has been lifted. I am hoping mom went in and > signed the paperwork. If not I have to go in on Tuesday (no > school on Monday). I told a friend of mine I would help her > do her state testing on her students. They take the > alternate assessment and she needs help with a couple of > the students. If I am not teaching next week, I may ask if > I can come in and volunteer my time to help. > Today was a wonderful day. > Kathy

Apr 14, 2017

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Kathy He does have the potential to be higher functioning. He was placed inappropriately, but the district doesn't have any placements within district. He would benefit from a therapeutic day setting, but we don't have any in the city. He would have to be bused up to 45 miles away for programming. That gets very expensive. With transportation, para supp...See More He does have the potential to be higher functioning. He was placed inappropriately, but the district doesn't have any placements within district. He would benefit from a therapeutic day setting, but we don't have any in the city. He would have to be bused up to 45 miles away for programming. That gets very expensive. With transportation, para support, and the actual program, it is about $70,000 per year.

I have been physically injured by the student. I have bruises all over my legs from him kicking me. He whipped my back with Mardis Gras beads and left welts. I did have someone take pictures. He stabbed me in the arm with a pen, which left a huge bruise. He kicked me in the neck, causing inflammation and tenderness. I did go to the doctor for that because I was dizzy and nauseous afterwards. Work Comp is taking care of that cost.

I will call school in the morning to see if mom signed withdrawal papers. If she has, I am done. If she hasn't, I still need to go to work. I have to go over there tomorrow anyway because I left some things in one of the cabinets.

I pray the child gets the medical and psychological attention he needs. He is really a neat kid when he's not "going off".

Kathy

On 4/14/17, Betty Ann wrote: > Well, Happy Easter to you! Your student may have the > potential to be high functioning, but not with that lack of > self-control. It doesn't sound to me like he was placed > properly--lots of needs not being met, particularly safety > for him and others. I'll bet your anxiety levels will > quickly be down to normal, Kathy. Were you physically > injured? > > > On 4/13/17, Kathy wrote: >> It has been a long haul this school year. I need to learn >> how to retire the right way. I took on a .5 resource >> position for 1 extremely needy (read that as volatile) >> special ed student who was in a self-contained low >> incidence classroom. He was too high functioning for the >> classroom, but too low for others in the district. So, I >> took him for three hours/day. It was an awesome job the >> first couple of months. I ended up with another student > for >> an hour a day, too. The two of them worked very well >> together and were both doing well. After Christmas Break > he >> fell apart. Volatile turned to extremely violent. His >> outbursts weren't super severe and he was easily >> redirected. Fast forward to the past couple of weeks. He >> has attacked staff on a regular basis and has injured a >> couple of us. We have been sending him home as he cannot >> stay when he is that out of control. Our building is not >> set up for him. The past two weeks he has been sent home > a >> total of 5 days. Yesterday was horrid. I am on anxiety > meds >> daily and take another one prn, which is turning to on a >> regular basis. I have to be buzzed in to the building as >> the child broke my id across the chip that unlocks the >> door. I looked across the hall into the office from > outside >> this morning. The secretary had a huge grin on her face > and >> was waving me to the office. I went in and told her to >> please tell me he was absent today. She said it was > better >> than that. Mom pulled him. He will be going to his dad's > to >> stay as he is just too much for her to handle, too. I did >> the happy dance. I put my stuff in my room and went to > his >> classroom. You could feel the absence of tension. When >> everyone saw me we all just laughed. I had already turned >> in my resignation papers for next Friday as I will be out >> of hours I can teach while retired. The district was > having >> issues trying to find a sub that would take the position >> until the end of the school year. Problem solved. I feel > a >> huge load has been lifted. I am hoping mom went in and >> signed the paperwork. If not I have to go in on Tuesday > (no >> school on Monday). I told a friend of mine I would help > her >> do her state testing on her students. They take the >> alternate assessment and she needs help with a couple of >> the students. If I am not teaching next week, I may ask > if >> I can come in and volunteer my time to help. >> Today was a wonderful day. >> Kathy

Apr 17, 2017

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Betty Ann What a shame. Providing the necessary services should not depend on easy/affordable/local availability. If this student doesn't receive the required interventions in his mother's school district or his father's, the costs are likely to escalate because the taxpayers will end up supporting him for a lifetime in some institution or another. Not to me...See MoreWhat a shame. Providing the necessary services should not depend on easy/affordable/local availability. If this student doesn't receive the required interventions in his mother's school district or his father's, the costs are likely to escalate because the taxpayers will end up supporting him for a lifetime in some institution or another. Not to mention that people are being hurt emotionally and physically right now--the student, his parents, his classmates, his teachers. On and on.

Kathy, I admire your commitment to trying to make things better for this child, at the sacrifice of your own safety. For your sake, I hope the student has been withdrawn. For his sake, I hope that his new school district will take his needs seriously and find a placement that works. Even if it is expensive.

On 4/17/17, Kathy wrote: > > He does have the potential to be higher functioning. He was > placed inappropriately, but the district doesn't have any > placements within district. He would benefit from a therapeutic > day setting, but we don't have any in the city. He would have > to be bused up to 45 miles away for programming. That gets very > expensive. With transportation, para support, and the actual > program, it is about $70,000 per year. > > I have been physically injured by the student. I have bruises > all over my legs from him kicking me. He whipped my back with > Mardis Gras beads and left welts. I did have someone take > pictures. He stabbed me in the arm with a pen, which left a > huge bruise. He kicked me in the neck, causing inflammation and > tenderness. I did go to the doctor for that because I was dizzy > and nauseous afterwards. Work Comp is taking care of that cost. > > I will call school in the morning to see if mom signed > withdrawal papers. If she has, I am done. If she hasn't, I > still need to go to work. I have to go over there tomorrow > anyway because I left some things in one of the cabinets. > > I pray the child gets the medical and psychological attention > he needs. He is really a neat kid when he's not "going off". > > Kathy > > > On 4/14/17, Betty Ann wrote: >> Well, Happy Easter to you! Your student may have the >> potential to be high functioning, but not with that lack of >> self-control. It doesn't sound to me like he was placed >> properly--lots of needs not being met, particularly safety >> for him and others. I'll bet your anxiety levels will >> quickly be down to normal, Kathy. Were you physically >> injured? >> >> >> On 4/13/17, Kathy wrote: >>> It has been a long haul this school year. I need to learn >>> how to retire the right way. I took on a .5 resource >>> position for 1 extremely needy (read that as volatile) >>> special ed student who was in a self-contained low >>> incidence classroom. He was too high functioning for the >>> classroom, but too low for others in the district. So, I >>> took him for three hours/day. It was an awesome job the >>> first couple of months. I ended up with another student >> for >>> an hour a day, too. The two of them worked very well >>> together and were both doing well. After Christmas Break >> he >>> fell apart. Volatile turned to extremely violent. His >>> outbursts weren't super severe and he was easily >>> redirected. Fast forward to the past couple of weeks. He >>> has attacked staff on a regular basis and has injured a >>> couple of us. We have been sending him home as he cannot >>> stay when he is that out of control. Our building is not >>> set up for him. The past two weeks he has been sent home >> a >>> total of 5 days. Yesterday was horrid. I am on anxiety >> meds >>> daily and take another one prn, which is turning to on a >>> regular basis. I have to be buzzed in to the building as >>> the child broke my id across the chip that unlocks the >>> door. I looked across the hall into the office from >> outside >>> this morning. The secretary had a huge grin on her face >> and >>> was waving me to the office. I went in and told her to >>> please tell me he was absent today. She said it was >> better >>> than that. Mom pulled him. He will be going to his dad's >> to >>> stay as he is just too much for her to handle, too. I did >>> the happy dance. I put my stuff in my room and went to >> his >>> classroom. You could feel the absence of tension. When >>> everyone saw me we all just laughed. I had already turned >>> in my resignation papers for next Friday as I will be out >>> of hours I can teach while retired. The district was >> having >>> issues trying to find a sub that would take the position >>> until the end of the school year. Problem solved. I feel >> a >>> huge load has been lifted. I am hoping mom went in and >>> signed the paperwork. If not I have to go in on Tuesday >> (no >>> school on Monday). I told a friend of mine I would help >> her >>> do her state testing on her students. They take the >>> alternate assessment and she needs help with a couple of >>> the students. If I am not teaching next week, I may ask >> if >>> I can come in and volunteer my time to help. >>> Today was a wonderful day. >>> Kathy

Apr 17, 2017

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is this... I make a police report about the injuries--and I see a
doctor to document this as well.

Then, depending on the age of the student, I ask for the
student to be arrested (read on... this part is a bluff)

Just the idea that the admin knows I am willing to do this
(even if I'm really not willing to have the student
arres...See More

Apr 18, 2017

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Judy I subbed for a violent autistic boy too. He ran away from me, lay on the hallway floor and screamed, dug his nails in my arms, vomited, etc. The teacher left me with him alone and went to another school. I was set up for failure. He ran in the gym during archery practice but was not harmed. He could have easily ran into traffic too if he ran out th...See MoreI subbed for a violent autistic boy too. He ran away from me, lay on the hallway floor and screamed, dug his nails in my arms, vomited, etc. The teacher left me with him alone and went to another school. I was set up for failure. He ran in the gym during archery practice but was not harmed. He could have easily ran into traffic too if he ran out the door. I was begged to take this assignment because no other sub would take it. Worst job ever!!

On 4/17/17, Kathy wrote: > > He does have the potential to be higher functioning. He was > placed inappropriately, but the district doesn't have any > placements within district. He would benefit from a therapeutic > day setting, but we don't have any in the city. He would have > to be bused up to 45 miles away for programming. That gets very > expensive. With transportation, para support, and the actual > program, it is about $70,000 per year. > > I have been physically injured by the student. I have bruises > all over my legs from him kicking me. He whipped my back with > Mardis Gras beads and left welts. I did have someone take > pictures. He stabbed me in the arm with a pen, which left a > huge bruise. He kicked me in the neck, causing inflammation and > tenderness. I did go to the doctor for that because I was dizzy > and nauseous afterwards. Work Comp is taking care of that cost. > > I will call school in the morning to see if mom signed > withdrawal papers. If she has, I am done. If she hasn't, I > still need to go to work. I have to go over there tomorrow > anyway because I left some things in one of the cabinets. > > I pray the child gets the medical and psychological attention > he needs. He is really a neat kid when he's not "going off". > > Kathy > > > On 4/14/17, Betty Ann wrote: >> Well, Happy Easter to you! Your student may have the >> potential to be high functioning, but not with that lack of >> self-control. It doesn't sound to me like he was placed >> properly--lots of needs not being met, particularly safety >> for him and others. I'll bet your anxiety levels will >> quickly be down to normal, Kathy. Were you physically >> injured? >> >> >> On 4/13/17, Kathy wrote: >>> It has been a long haul this school year. I need to learn >>> how to retire the right way. I took on a .5 resource >>> position for 1 extremely needy (read that as volatile) >>> special ed student who was in a self-contained low >>> incidence classroom. He was too high functioning for the >>> classroom, but too low for others in the district. So, I >>> took him for three hours/day. It was an awesome job the >>> first couple of months. I ended up with another student >> for >>> an hour a day, too. The two of them worked very well >>> together and were both doing well. After Christmas Break >> he >>> fell apart. Volatile turned to extremely violent. His >>> outbursts weren't super severe and he was easily >>> redirected. Fast forward to the past couple of weeks. He >>> has attacked staff on a regular basis and has injured a >>> couple of us. We have been sending him home as he cannot >>> stay when he is that out of control. Our building is not >>> set up for him. The past two weeks he has been sent home >> a >>> total of 5 days. Yesterday was horrid. I am on anxiety >> meds >>> daily and take another one prn, which is turning to on a >>> regular basis. I have to be buzzed in to the building as >>> the child broke my id across the chip that unlocks the >>> door. I looked across the hall into the office from >> outside >>> this morning. The secretary had a huge grin on her face >> and >>> was waving me to the office. I went in and told her to >>> please tell me he was absent today. She said it was >> better >>> than that. Mom pulled him. He will be going to his dad's >> to >>> stay as he is just too much for her to handle, too. I did >>> the happy dance. I put my stuff in my room and went to >> his >>> classroom. You could feel the absence of tension. When >>> everyone saw me we all just laughed. I had already turned >>> in my resignation papers for next Friday as I will be out >>> of hours I can teach while retired. The district was >> having >>> issues trying to find a sub that would take the position >>> until the end of the school year. Problem solved. I feel >> a >>> huge load has been lifted. I am hoping mom went in and >>> signed the paperwork. If not I have to go in on Tuesday >> (no >>> school on Monday). I told a friend of mine I would help >> her >>> do her state testing on her students. They take the >>> alternate assessment and she needs help with a couple of >>> the students. If I am not teaching next week, I may ask >> if >>> I can come in and volunteer my time to help. >>> Today was a wonderful day. >>> Kathy

Apr 18, 2017

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