Parents

I am currently working the extended school year, or as most people call it summer school. I am in a classroom of six ED students. Three of which are in my room all year long. I have learned in the last two days that two students are no longer on medication. The first student's mother read a book and decided to take her kid off meds and try a new parenting style, and feels it is working just fine! This poor kid can't even sit in the classroom. He acts like he is trying to crawl out of his skin. He can't control his verbal outburst and is threatening his peers. When the parent was approached about this the comment was well he is fine at home, it must be your problem.

Student two went away on vacation to visit his father and 5 half sisters in 3 different states in 5 days, he came back a different person. THe normally well mannered student now is cutting up making rude comments and the list of things goes on. I was talking to him in the gym during dismissal and his mother didn't refill his meds because they needed money for vacation.

I'm venting here of course because the classroom once again is becoming very stressful because of parents uninformed decisions. It floors me that they don't see what they are doing to their children. It just seems they are setting them up for more failure. They are in our program simply for behavior reasons! How are we to get them back into district programs if they don't give us support from home?

Guys don't think I believe all kids should be medicated, because it is my belief that Medication is the last resort, but in their case it probably is the last thing to do. I was wondering if anyone has some advice on the situation?