Can anybody explain to me what neuropsychology is?

moggymutt

TeaCake wrote: »

Go to the police, that was far beyond bullying, its GBH!

As an ex teacher, thats just what I was about to say. Schools play these things down far too much- they are worried about THEIR reputation. The bullied child must come first- go to the police. It'll also help others in the long run.

Years ago a really nasty incident in our school was dealt with 'internally'- ie no police.(it was GBH in reality- cheekbone fractured in 3 places). So, when this bully later ended up in court for glassing someone in a pub, he got a very light sentence because the judge said that he had never been in trouble before!!!!!!

Best of luck.

TeegansNan

Has your daughter a statement of Educational Needs? This will state quite clearly what the school should be doing to help her, and if any 'extra hours' of support are needed. Problem in my area was that no schools available for girls with emotional/behavioural problems, but plenty of provision for boys. I agree with all of the other comments - you should involve the police, and school should get a letter from your solicitor if they are not acting in the child's best interests - in loco parentis etc. Hope you get this sorted soon, used to teach boys with EBD for many years, had many assaults myself, again school doesn't want to follow them up legally as it doesn't go down well with the Authority and also the infamous OFSTED. Go to your Educational Authority too, they should be made aware of these things or they never get sorted.
Love to you and yours, so difficult for you all x

realitybites

Bullies through and through. Contact the police and make sure they approach the parents of these thugs as the behaviour of these misfits always stem from people close to home.

teabag29

Something similar happened last year and I got the police involved. I mentioned it this time but the teacher said they wont help me as they will want to see what the school are doing and tend to leave it to them to sort out. The thing is my dd has many issues, she cannot get along with other children at all and i keep getting told my dd is just as bad as the other girl and constantly picks on her too. I'm afraid to say I can quite believe this, she even picks on her siblings and home life is very difficult (I think she may have asd, attachment disorder has also been mentioned from when she was separated from me age 2 for a whole year because of what her dad and step dad did to her and her brother). We are having caff meetings at the school every 6 weeks and my dd has a food obsession, she steals constantly and is forever binge eating so the police have told me she will be arrested if it continues, they dont seem to see she is a very vulnerable kid who has so many issues and has been through more in her 12 years than most have in their lives. Because of the way she is they dont tend to believe her when she is telling the truth especially as school continue to preach that shes just a naughty kid.

The ep report highlights shes at very high risk of getting a clinical disorder if she isnt helped soon but school have ignored this. Psychologists are now involved and are not happy with the school either. She is 13 in 2 weeks and doesnt know her alphabet or months, cant ride a bike, swim or tell the time, likes to play alone with imaginary friends or dolls and constantly talks to herself. Her memory has come back at age 5....yet school think she shoul be able to manage perfectly well in a class of 32 doing the curriculum suitable for age 13.

Last week the psychologist met her and asked her if she could be any animal what would she be and why.....she said she would love to be a reindeer so that she could help santa deliver all the presents to the kids at xmas. My heart is breaking for her, why cant school see that the the person she is at school is a protective barrier for the vulnerable child she is.

jetty

Is there any way you can change schools or look into schools that specialize in behavioural problems? They will be able to deal with things better than mainstream schools as they have techniques to deal with things. I hope you get this sorted soon, there's nothing worse than seeing your daughter bullied and noone taking it seriously! xx

teabag29

TeegansNan wrote: »

Has your daughter a statement of Educational Needs? This will state quite clearly what the school should be doing to help her, and if any 'extra hours' of support are needed. Problem in my area was that no schools available for girls with emotional/behavioural problems, but plenty of provision for boys. I agree with all of the other comments - you should involve the police, and school should get a letter from your solicitor if they are not acting in the child's best interests - in loco parentis etc. Hope you get this sorted soon, used to teach boys with EBD for many years, had many assaults myself, again school doesn't want to follow them up legally as it doesn't go down well with the Authority and also the infamous OFSTED. Go to your Educational Authority too, they should be made aware of these things or they never get sorted.
Love to you and yours, so difficult for you all x

I am working with parent partnership now to gather evidence for statementing but school wont support it and ive been warned that its very hard to get one. Apparently they only really statement kids who have such low learning levels that they require a special school. The school shes at has a huge number of sen kids in and because my dauhter only has 5 behaviour logs and isnt causing a disturbance in lessons shes not priority for them (some kids in the school are literally setting fire to things or assaulting teachers). Funding is thgeir excuse, or lack of it. Ive been fighting to get her help for over a year now, i referred her to the ed psychologist as school wouldnt, also to camhs and initiated the caf meetings. I now have a referral for speech therapist and paediatrician to.

Statementing takes 6 mths and isnt guaranteed and i have no way of getting her to another school. The next nearest is 2.4 miles but i have my younger ones to take to their school so cant take dd aswell (opposite direction). She has a very limited sense of danger and theres no way she could use the bus by herself either

Babiesmummy_2

Good Luck x x

littlereddevil

What a sad story. I really hope something can be sorted out.x

shegirl

teabag29 wrote: »

Something similar happened last year and I got the police involved. I mentioned it this time but the teacher said they wont help me as they will want to see what the school are doing and tend to leave it to them to sort out. The thing is my dd has many issues, she cannot get along with other children at all and i keep getting told my dd is just as bad as the other girl and constantly picks on her too. I'm afraid to say I can quite believe this, she even picks on her siblings and home life is very difficult (I think she may have asd, attachment disorder has also been mentioned from when she was separated from me age 2 for a whole year because of what her dad and step dad did to her and her brother). We are having caff meetings at the school every 6 weeks and my dd has a food obsession, she steals constantly and is forever binge eating so the police have told me she will be arrested if it continues, they dont seem to see she is a very vulnerable kid who has so many issues and has been through more in her 12 years than most have in their lives. Because of the way she is they dont tend to believe her when she is telling the truth especially as school continue to preach that shes just a naughty kid.

The ep report highlights shes at very high risk of getting a clinical disorder if she isnt helped soon but school have ignored this. Psychologists are now involved and are not happy with the school either. She is 13 in 2 weeks and doesnt know her alphabet or months, cant ride a bike, swim or tell the time, likes to play alone with imaginary friends or dolls and constantly talks to herself. Her memory has come back at age 5....yet school think she shoul be able to manage perfectly well in a class of 32 doing the curriculum suitable for age 13.

Last week the psychologist met her and asked her if she could be any animal what would she be and why.....she said she would love to be a reindeer so that she could help santa deliver all the presents to the kids at xmas. My heart is breaking for her, why cant school see that the the person she is at school is a protective barrier for the vulnerable child she is.

Why on earth was she put through mainstream schooling if she doesn't even know the alphabet? Did nobody pick anything up sooner?Is it that she doesn't know or she just doesn't want to do things?

Try not to self diagnose,especially with ASD,I know it's easily done but try not to as it can end up clouding your judgement,in addition ASD with imaginary friends would be pretty darn good lol

I think part of the issue with the school is that she hasn't been diagnosed,statemented and has been put through mainstream schooling and at the age of nearly 13 they wouldn't expect there to be a 'natural' problem,as it were.The fact that she can put on a front in school is actually a good sign and again I'd question whether that would fit someone with ASD too well tbh.

Has she ever had anyone talk to her about her childhood and everything that happened?Unfortunately,these things can lead to 'special needs',emotional and behavioural problems in kids

I would be asking why the heck she's been put through mainstream though.How long have you had involvement with professionals and when did you realise something was up?

shegirl

teabag29 wrote: »

I am working with parent partnership now to gather evidence for statementing but school wont support it and ive been warned that its very hard to get one. Apparently they only really statement kids who have such low learning levels that they require a special school. The school shes at has a huge number of sen kids in and because my dauhter only has 5 behaviour logs and isnt causing a disturbance in lessons shes not priority for them (some kids in the school are literally setting fire to things or assaulting teachers). Funding is thgeir excuse, or lack of it. Ive been fighting to get her help for over a year now, i referred her to the ed psychologist as school wouldnt, also to camhs and initiated the caf meetings. I now have a referral for speech therapist and paediatrician to.

Statementing takes 6 mths and isnt guaranteed and i have no way of getting her to another school. The next nearest is 2.4 miles but i have my younger ones to take to their school so cant take dd aswell (opposite direction). She has a very limited sense of danger and theres no way she could use the bus by herself either

Firstly,there doesn't always need to be very low learning levels for a statement OR a special school.

Secondly,if your daughter,at the age of almost 13,HONESTLY doesn't know the alphabet,months etc and has the learning level of a 7 year old,surely she should be in a special school?

And finally,if you move schools you could try for school transport.They'll do it even if the school is less than 3 miles away IF the child has special needs and there is the only way to safely get them to school.


Can I ask...she apparently doesn't know the alphabet,but can she read? Is it more of a memory thing (as in reciting the alphabet) or is it a genuine not knowing the letters etc