Today: Day 1 of 7 of kiddo's Thanksgiving break. He was
supposed to have early dismissal today and tomorrow, but after yesterday, I'm keeping him home.
(This will turn into a vent so if you'd rather not read anything negative, scroll past)
Yesterday, kiddo was in his usual morning mood (which is "everything pisses him off and always a few seconds away from a meltdown") but he kept saying he wanted to go to school, even though he doesn't do well with half days.
So he gets on the bus ok and while the aide is buckling him in, the driver tells me she will drop him off 10:30. So 3 hours from the time I'm putting him on the bus, meaning he would be in class less than 2 hours.
Then she closes the bus door and I hear the bus monitor yelling at my son because he smacked the window. I wouldn't mind her raising her voice if it stopped the behavior, but I have told this woman MANY times that the reason he is smacking the window to begin with is to get a rise out of her. He wants that reaction, so she's best to ignore him.
But she is an older woman who thinks she knows best, even though this is her first time interacting with kids with autism.
She complains constantly about kiddo's behaviors. She CHOSE to work at a job on a special needs bus, driving special needs students to a special needs school. Did she think they were going to sit quietly, hands folded in their laps????
Anyway, I decided the morning aggravation wasn't worth it for a couple hours of school and am keeping him home until school starts again next Tuesday. I'm sure I will regret it.
I also left a message for the teacher (who is great) telling her that I'm keeping kiddo home and that the bus aide was yelling again, so we'll see what happens there.
The other thing this bus monitor did was tell the kids if they act up she'll take them to the police station, which REALLY backfired in my son's case because he LOVES going to the police station (we are best friend's with the police chief and his family, so it makes kiddo's day to visit and get special treatment hahah...so he is being "bad" in the hopes of going to the police station...and now he asks her "can we go to the police station?"
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I crack up just thinking about it!