My name is actually sandy
.. (the only smiley face I have had all day).
My daughter goes to a small private school that is very accomodating. they dont have to meet all the standards from "no child left behind". Its an IB school . THe school is extremely supporting. the school counselor already emailed me back. They will allow her to do whatever she needs to do. This is one of the reasons why I love this school. I know that in an ordinary public school things would be different.
In your post it mentions "not getting injured more". Just curious how that can happen if the actually injury doesnt exist anymore. I thought the purpose was to use the limb as much as possible to get it back to normal.
Right now my daughter is extremely depressed. I am waiting for a psychologist that specializes in pain in children to call me back. Its hard on a friday to get a hold of everyone. She started Gabapentin, and I am wondering if its making things worse and making her depressed. It doesnt help that due to issues having nothing to do with the foot, she lost a friend this week (she has social issues due to her ADD before all of this happened).
She just wants to just go to sleep and wake up and have the pain gone.
The Dr is suppose to call me back with another girl her age that got over this to talk to my daughter. She just had to contact them first. I think that will go a long way.
the thought of Boston or Cleveland is fresh in my mind .
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Originally Posted by SandyS
hi,
I wish I knew your first name, but your daughter will have difficulty in school. I don't know where you live, but every school district has a hospital/homebound school program. If her doctor feels she needs to have instruction from home, so that she does not get injured more and she will not fall behind in her academics, you can have her fill out the paper work, you will need to get a diagnosis in writing from the doctor. Ask your daughters guidance counselor what to do. Maybe she needs to be home until the end of the year while you make it through this change in your lives. This way they can not hold her absence against her and retain her at the end of the school year.
Also, go to the RSDSA.org website and read the story about the Fakers Club. It is a story about a little girl about your daughters age, going through the same trials and tribulations that yours is going through. You should also implement a 504 plan which gives your daughter accommodations in regards to her disability. I highly recommend this. On the RSDSA website it gives you some examples of what accommodations that you can use. She will have a multitude of absences, but you want to make sure that when she is better she will be able to return to school. Again, I can be very helpful to you if you would like more information. But, implement the 504 plan immediately and DO NOT take NO for an answer from her school, They will tell you that you do not need it right now, but you do. You need to protect your daughter through out her school years and this will give her rights through IDEA, which is federally regulated. Google 504 plans and check out the RSDSA web page. If you have trouble finding it I will post a link for you.
Good luck with your baby.
Sandy
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