Bus superintendent called me today.
They are unable to use the seatbelt locks we bought, because they are not DOT approved.
We are unable to continue taping reminder signs to the bus seat, because there are rules against it.
Well, I have rules against harnesses.
They can either keep providing him a bus aide (who, by the way, has done NOTHING the past 4 days they have ridden with him, because the reminder signs have kept him in his seat), or they can let him use his reminder signs. Or, they can draw the line in the sand. I signed the harness form that first day, when they caught me off guard, but I will not allow him to use it again. He does not need it. He does not need to be bolted to the bus seat at each shoulder and each hip.
If they kick him off the bus, so be it. I will find a way to drive him to school, even though it is really not a feasible option for us.  I am not making him wear the harness when all he needs it to be taught how to sit. He is capable of learning it. He has learned everything else we threw at him.  BAGD and I have always known that we needed to be his best teachers, but lately it has become apparent that we have to devote double or triple the time to it. That’s quite an increase, since I already feel like I am doing it every minute.
I’m also going to protest the rule that says no signs on the bus. Not only do I want to see that one in writing, I want an explanation of why its necessary and why an exception cannot be made for a special needs child.   I understand that we have no way of knowing that the reminder signs have stopped the problem and that he will never get out of his seat again. But, its working now, so lets just have some faith in the kid.
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Rachel said,
April 11, 2008 @ 10:36 am
They won’t even allow you to have signs on the bus? What a load of crap! What exactly is their reasoning behind this? The sign will blow off the seat and give someone a paper cut? *rolls eyes* The only way anyone ever learns anything is through practice….how can they expect Pooke to ever learn to stay seated if they’re strapping him to the seat? Ugh.
I had an idea though, but i’m not sure it would have the same effect as the signs…i wonder if you could buy some of those plain labeling stickers, and write SIT on them, or draw a person sitting, and have someone stick them on Pookie’s hand at the end of the day? I don’t know how he’d feel about a sticker on his hand, but if he didn’t mind ( and didn’t pull it off lol) maybe it would give him the reminder that he needed. (and nobody can tell you you can’t put a sticker on your own kid)