Posts by Angela Hart
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I would think that the Health and Safety arm of the public health system should have something to say about this ridiculous situation. It must also be increasing costs because UTIs cost money to treat, especially if they result in hospitalisation.
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yes, Auckland lost her in a HDC reshuffle, along with some other great people.
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Access: Social media, disability…, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
yup, go Esther.
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What exactly will that school do differently that can’t be done at an ordinary school?
It will have much better ratios of staff to student and existing (tried and true :-) ) policies and procedures for behaviour management. It would attempt to individualise a programme for this child but that would be based extensively on what the staff already think they know from their experience with others. One big issue is that the school's actions would not be visible to the parents, they just would not know how their son was being treated. And their knowledge of their child would not be utilised, which is just plain stupid.
My daughter was enrolled in a physically handicapped unit, as they were called back in the day. She was mistreated even though we lived reasonably close, and she was too upset and frightened at the time to tell me. I was not allowed to be involved with her unit until they considered she had settled in, that is, accepted her situation. I strongly believe that parents must be involved closely with their children and their children's education, especially if the child is in any way significantly different from average.
I think sometimes there is a tendency to blame parents for exacerbating a child's negative habits or behaviour, and placing the child in a situation where the parents are distanced theoretically permits retraining of the child without interference.
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This is a 9 year old in a good family, I’m with Trish Grant
“Gone are the days when we sent these kids off to special places. We’ve closed down institutions and this boy has a right to be at home with his family and go to his local school,”Sure, they’ve tried a lot of things. What they don’t appear to have done is study the child, work out what he needs and how it could be delivered for him, and then put it in place in his present environment. It’s difficult to see how removing him from his support base and placing him in a situation where he is under extreme pressure to conform could do anything other than damage his spirit and eliminate the trust he still has in his parents and friends, and in people generally. (textbook for creating a loner?)
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So the guy does the right thing and makes sure Bennett is informed about his personal situation, only to have it passed on to the media?
Once upon a time heads would've rolled, but there's no honour in politics now. Just lies and deception.
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Hard News: Hate and guns, in reply to ,
misinterpreted historic religions babbling is another and crazy selfish economics
root causes
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Hard News: Hate and guns, in reply to Kumara Republic,
When the Black Panthers wielded AK47s for self-defence
yup, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-panthers-california-1967_us_568accfce4b014efe0db2f40
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Hard News: Hate and guns, in reply to izogi,
I should think it's enforcement that would be the problem.
California has tried to control guns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_California