Shortly after 1pm today, I recieved a telephone call from the new acting principal. S had an incident at the school, and my presence was required. Great.
Off I go to the school. He had some sort of argument with some other kids in school yard during recess. Some of the kids were breaking the 'fort' he and two friends had created yesterday, and he started to become very angry and aggitated. When the principal went outside to talk to S, he thought he had been able to calm S down. He invited S to come in to the school and discuss the incident in the special ed. room. As the principal turned to walk in to the school, S scaled the fence, and ran off.
I take it he had also sworn at a couple of kids, and even used the words "I'll kill you" to at least one girl. Apparently this upset her greatly. gee, wonder why... Since he left the school yard, the principal felt he had to choice but to send S home for the rest of the day. Yeah - I didn't get the opportunity to return to work. Not a good thing.
S refused to talk to me when I was at the school. Well, he did a wee bit, but none of what he was saying really made much sense, and he continued to get worse, and more silly as the conversation progressed.
We left the school. I made a couple of stops on my way home, and by the time I was through the first errand, he seemed much calmer. We were able to better discuss the situation, and even come up with some alternative actions. The problem isn't him knowing the information - he knows it all - it's getting him to incorporate it in to his everyday thinking.
His specialist had actually sent me an email this morning indicating that he was concerned S may be feeling some stressors - he felt some of the more recent behaviours have been indicative of this. Guess he was right. I am going to take S in to school in the morning, and have a little follow up conversation with the principal about all of this.
On the up side - at least he didn't hurt himself or anyone else - but as he gets older, these sorts of threats will not be taken lightly. I know he doesn't mean them - he is far too kind a child for that - but he just uses that word (kill) to express that he is feeling very angry. I am waiting to hear back from the doctor on this.
My tummy hurts.
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why is hiss Ea not with him...I thought part of his action plan was that his Ea was to be with him at all times so that these situations can be dealt with before it becomes a blowout? What is wrong with that school anyway?
His EA was outside with him - but the 'fort' was in the trees, and she wasn't in there. And, of course, "hands off"...I will get more clarification.
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