Jesus Christ, msbelle. So enragening!
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Aug 21, 2009 7:56:49 am PDT #4896 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
msbelle - Aug 21, 2009 7:57:07 am PDT #4897 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ugh so sorry to just rant in the middle of ongoing discussion.
hivemind - what I need research help with is twofold:
1) services within the NYC Dept. of Education for behavioral problems (DOE site is like a cracked out maze from my experience). AND any info on special needs school within the public school system, like does some magic non-scary one exist (dreaming, I know).
2) are there any private schools in NYC that are for kids with issues. I know there must be, but I have no idea how to search for that info.
If anyone can do some searching, I would greatly appreciate it. profile addy.
off to make lunch.
Barb - Aug 21, 2009 7:57:11 am PDT #4898 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Jesus, msbelle-- what the hell is the MATTER with them?
The sheer callousness of how you're being treated at a time like this illustrates so painfully why we need medical care to be regulated.
I'm just sorry you and mac are becoming such poster children. It's so fucking unfair.
tommyrot - Aug 21, 2009 7:58:30 am PDT #4899 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The sheer callousness of how you're being treated at a time like this illustrates so painfully why we need medical care to be regulated.
I'm just sorry you and mac are becoming such poster children. It's so fucking unfair.
What Barb said. Jesus Christ that sucks.
Barb - Aug 21, 2009 7:58:59 am PDT #4900 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
msbelle, a quick search turned up the Special Education District 75
Have you already looked there? If you haven't, I'll start digging.
As far as private schools, I found this in New York Magazine's Family Guide.
Tom Scola - Aug 21, 2009 8:00:37 am PDT #4901 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
msbelle, I know a teacher who works here: [link]
msbelle - Aug 21, 2009 8:01:06 am PDT #4902 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I have not looked at all. His therapist says she thinks we need to be prepared for him needing or being told he has to move to a school better equipped for his needs (this would be if he has an rage episode or runs away at school).
Jessica - Aug 21, 2009 8:03:36 am PDT #4903 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Insideschools.org may have good info - I'll poke around and see if I can find anything.
Dana - Aug 21, 2009 8:05:54 am PDT #4904 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
msbelle, don't know if this is any help, but here's NY State's webpage for kids with special health needs:
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Aug 21, 2009 8:08:47 am PDT #4905 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
msbelle, continuing good thoughts for you.
Legally, employers with more than 50 staff have to give unpaid leave for up to 12 weeks as "maternity leave." It's the unpaid part that's the pisser. Many, many workplaces have no paid maternity leave at all, or require you use short-term disability insurance to cover it.
Wow. That's not the best situation. I employ no more than three people at a time (as PCAs), but they all have the right to maternity leave. It's paid by the government - at a low rate, but there is payment - for 39 weeks. Some employers are much better than this, because they can afford to be. My sister, who works for the NHS, got a certain number of weeks on full pay, a certain number on half pay, and then took a few more unpaid. I forget the exact numbers of weeks, but she had at least nine months off work in the end, and much of that time was paid.