I have a parent you will constantly deflect conversation about her child with diagnosed ASD and compare him to gen-ed students when he is not in gen-ed and was previously in an EBD room due to behaviors and is now in an ABC room working on grade-level work that is 2 to 3 grade levels below his current grade. While the student is intelligent, and has HFA, there is a hyperfocus on preferred activities and preferred items, and behavioral escalations when interacting with the only other 2 students in the room. The parent is wholly dismissive of the behaviors and aggression manifested by her child and perceptibly treats him as though he is neuro-typical, despite academic and behavioral deficits. My intentions have been to create communicate and rapport in hopes that connection with the student will drive him to excel in all areas in order to please me, and this has been working, but the issue remains, that 2 of the 3 parents have engaged in legal battles with the school district prior to my arrival due to perceived failures at the district level to provide needed services for their students. I have a lot to fix and a great deal of trust to build, but I am struggling to connect with a parent who I perceive treats their child as though they experience no deficits, and observing the student's interactions with his parent, we see aggression and an aggressive verbal baseline towards the mother (something which I have witnessed over the past six-years with adolescent males in 5th grade and up). I am seeking guidance on how to find a connection with a parent based upon a student with HFA, while remaining sensitive to her lens and what she has experience, but also focusing on what I can do as a teacher to best help her child thrive, excel and succeed.
@michael Friedman. Most parents of children disabilities Autism inclusive undergo a lot in their personal lives and thus tend to play a victim card. Take a parent's concerns seriously while pointing out the positive changes observed in the child together with the family. In my practice ,I would add parent stress index measurement and the IEP making process shouldn't miss the mother as part of the multidisciplinary Team drawing it. Get me on WhatsApp+256776726468 on the Qigong sensory therapy which makes the mother to participate fully in the rehabilitation journey of their child.
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