[Ohiogift] Urgent Help...

[Deb]

Dr Joseph Rieman at Fremont memorial. He is awesome. If he can't help he will send elsewhere. 

Deb!

> On Dec 17, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Le Ann Moser <LMoser at nwoesc.org> wrote:
> 
> Season's Greetings!
> 
> I have been contacted by a district seeking recommendations/referrals for a psychiatrist (preferably) in NW Ohio, NE Indiana, or southern MI tri-state area specializing in physical, sexual, emotional abuses - as well as gifted social/emotional issues.  
> 
> An upper elementary male student was adopted as a child after being removed from an abusive home.  The adoptive family has not shared details of his past.  The young man does often say, "No one understands what I went through."  He feels taunted when students say certain words which trigger negative memories for him.  He struggles with social/emotional issues and has become increasingly disruptive in the classroom and at home.  The family has taken him to various counselors/therapists who they have said have not been able to help him with his behavioral issues.  
> 
> Three years ago, he was placed in a gifted program for part of the day.  Now, the parents are requesting he be removed from and placed into the regular curriculum/classroom where they think he will have to learn to deal with the system and suffer appropriate consequences.  The school administration would like to help the family find a professional who specializes in abuses and has a background to deal with the social/emotional aspects of giftedness.
> 
> This is a BIG order.  Though the heart of this issue is the young man's past, Columbine, Sandy Hook, and more recent shootings have made everyone sensitive to these types of situations.  Can anyone out there offer assistance?
> 
> Thank YOU!
> 
> LeAnn Moser, NwOESC Gifted Education Coordinator
> 567-444-4800, ext. 4840
> NwOESC
> 205 Nolan Parkway
> Archbold, OH 43502
> 
> 2013-14
> Helping educators understand the special needs of high-ability students in the following NwOESC member school districts:
> Edgerton, Edon, Evergreen, Holgate, Liberty Center, Millcreek-West Unity, Montpelier, Patrick Henry, Stryker, and Swanton
> 
> "I will spend no time on the argument that special treatment of the academically gifted is elitist.  It has no moral standing.  A special ability is a child's most precious asset.  When it comes to athletic and musical ability, no one considers withholding training that could realize those gifts.  It is just as senseless, and as ethically warped, to withhold training that can realize academic ability."     Charles Murray, REAL EDUCATION, p.146
> 
> “Athletics are performed publicly. Good academics are a secret.’’     
> Will Fitzhugh, Founder, The Concord Review (1987)
> 
> "Parents and schools must provide children with equal opportunity, not equal treatment."      David A. Sousa
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