So what now?

After all the talk about what happened last week I am left with a question...

What now??  I know it was a recurring question during the previous blog. What do you do? What happens next? What now?

Well for me the next step was to take time to process everything that happened, then start planning for when the Cat will be released and come home.

Any of you who have been following me for a while know that I have my reservations about the Cat's school. About the sincerity of the PTB in charge. The solution of the PTB when the Cat blows out at school is to have the in-school support leave the room and then call me and discuss suspension. From the mouth of the PTB after Wednesdays incident "Well since she is in the hospital there is no point in suspending her this time." What does that teach the Cat? What does she learn? Not how to cope or manage her triggers and blow outs, instead how to manipulate the system to get out school when things get too hard.

This is becoming a regular pattern. And it pisses me off.

So what now? What is next?

The first step is to notify the PTB that I have concerns. So yesterday I wrote an email to the school and let the PTB know what my problems and concerns are. Then I sent an email to my support team AYFN and AK Child and Family (seriously if you are local and in need of support for you SN kiddo call these people!).

AK Child and Family and AYFN were the first to get back to me and we set up a meeting to discuss what the next step is. I want to discuss their feelings about the school and other possible placement options. I want all of us to get on the same page and I want to discuss what the plan will be for follow up after the Cat is discharged.

Then I called the PTB at the school. After the last email encounter the PTB asked that I call when I have a problem. So I did. I went through everything I had included in the email and asked to schedule a meeting with the PTB and someone from the district to discuss placement options and programming. The PTB was surprisingly receptive (based on past interactions) and included me in an email to the district asking for a rep at the meeting. That meeting has not been scheduled yet as we are still waiting to hear back from the district.

I am waiting to see about scheduling a meeting with her treatment team at the hospital to discuss a treatment plan with them.

My hope is that by the end of next week I will have everyone on the same page. Somewhat. I will still need to have a transition meeting with the staff at whatever new school we decide on. But that will have to happen after we choose a new placement, and we meet to review the IEP and FBA. Also it will have to wait on the hospital. We have to see how things go and when we will have a discharge date.

That's what comes next for us...

What comes next for you??