My Special Needs Kid

Here we go again. My 11-year-old son, C, just suspended for 7 days - out of school. Second time this year. He became overwhelmed and threatened one of his teachers, actually, an interventionist (that's the new name for "special-ed teacher"), who is supposed to keep him from melting down. She was pushing him to get some work done and he couldn't take it.

My name is Diane Hesseman and I've spent the past four years trying to find a good school for my son with AD/HD. I have pulled him out of school each year for two-four weeks at a time just to stop the phone calls from the principal informing me of another melt-down and suspension. Twice I placed him in "alternative" schools, only to find that these were even worse at handling his needs.