Adhd Meeting Reflection

On September 13th, 2016 at 2:00 pm I participated in a PPT meeting for my second grader, Matthew Ellis. I was excited for him to begin a new year of school within the Marlborough school district. However, upon arrival to the PPT meeting, the special education director, Mrs. Plack was late due to grabbing the wrong folder. In addition to being late and unprepared, this meeting became extremely uncomfortable for me after Mrs. Plack asked several inappropriate questions such as is Matthew on medication for his ADHD or does Matthew have father issues rather than a learning disability. This made me feel as though his services were in question and that medication played a role in his qualification for support services. Furthermore, these questions
I replied that I was uncomfortable with the approach because Matthew adores his teacher and it was not my intention to ruin the relationship over homework which he has always found difficult. I decided to speak to Matthew's teacher, Mr. Washerman, after the meeting while waiting to pick up the children from school. I explained that I was an instructional assistant who worked with children who had behavior difficulties and had found some successful strategies for doing less than desirable work. He agreed that I can modify homework as I see fit as long as Matthew is practicing his vocabulary and math. I must admit it was a pleasure meeting him and I am great full for his understanding. However, I found Mrs. Plack's aforementioned conduct during this meeting out of line and her lack of preparedness a bad reflection on the special education department within Marlbrough elementary school. Consequently, this is not how I wished to start the 2016-2017 school year, but I feel if not addressed immediately that this conduct would continue throughout the school year. Ultimately I believe this would lead to Matthew's education becoming negatively impacted due to the unscrupulous behavior and lack of professionalism displayed in this