My son 14 year old son has Autism Spectrum Disorder. He functions well, but has some social problems with kids his own age(adults and younger children he can relate with). He has a speech impediment and learning disorder. He is working at a lower grade level but bringing good grades. He also has what TPS would consider a Behavioral Problem. When actually its and over stimulation to a disarray in the classroom, screaming kids in the lunchroom or 72 kids on a bus all talking at once. This has cause him to act out/misbehave(never harming anyone just squawking, talking and jumping around).
When he was in second grade, the principal at Marshall, his teacher and the psychiatric doctor that evaluated him, wanted to move him to a behavioral school with only 2 weeks left in the school year. I worked hard and did everything I could to get his medicine's regulated. I helped them by following their rules but when it came best for my child they wanted to ship him somewhere he didn't need to be. I tried to tell them there was more to my son than just ADHD. There were other issues. The tested him and found him just above the mark to be consider mentally retarded. I searched and searched with doctors and the internet to have him finally diagnosed, at the end of the last school year, having Autism Spectrum Disorder(A.S.D)
So he is now happily in a charter school, and has been there since that day they were going to move him to another school. Behavior was/is not an issue with him. I learned what was over stimulating him and we(school/bus driver and myself) worked on it with him. Giving him a quite area to move to when he is being bothered, listening to cds on the bus ect.
I have such bad emotions over TPS and yet his freshman year is coming up with me have no where to place him but TPS. I am hoping someone may know of any schools (besides online schools as he needs the socialization) that would be good for a child with A.S.D.? I have checked out the Autism school near St V's in the old St Mary's but I don't think that school is for him. I currently live in the Waite district and this seems to be my only option.
Have you tried or heard about Summit Academy? Or is that the one you're talking about that is by St. V's? I know a few people that work with some of the kids that go there and they have pretty good things to say about it.
posted by justsimplyholly on Nov 06, 2007 at 11:30:10 pm #