Is there a military school for children with behavioral problems?
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There are several.  Some of the more notable schools throughout the country include Howe, Fishburne, Hargrave, and St. Johns.  St. Johns is the most popular in the country.  Check out their site here:\nhttp://www.sjms.org/\n\nHope this was helpful!
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I would have him evaluated by a pediatric specialty team at your nearest children's hospital or rehab center. My daughter was dx'd with ADD/ADHD/PDD-NOS and then High-functioning Autism by her ped and later by state funded physical and occupational therapists through early intervention. She was medicated at the school's insistence for ADHD. When that made things worse instead of better, we had her evaluated at our local pediatric rehabilitation center and learned that she was actually a perfect match for the symptoms/actions of Aspergers Syndrome and early onset bi-polar disorder. The reason the meds made things worse was that with bi-polar, you can't give just the anti-depressant, you have to do a mood stabilizer as well, or the manic symptoms will intensify and often times go out of control. Hope you find the help you need to help your child
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The aggressive child has a right to a free appropriate public education.  It sounds as if the "appropriate" part needs to be addressed here.  There are times when a student is placed in a special education classroom that, for many different reasons, is not able to adequately provide for his needs.  Although medication might very well be helpful, a parent cannot be forced to put a child on meds.  So I would strongly suggest requesting a team meeting (teaching staff, parents, school administrator, school nurse, psychologist, occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, etc.) to address the issue.\n\nAs far as your rights, while it is true that there is an increased risk of injury from student assault in special ed classes, you absolutely have the right to a safe working environment.  Are you filing incident reports when a student injures someone or needs an emergency behavioral intervention (such as needing to restrain a child)?  In my district, this is mandatory.  The paper trail insures that administrators and parents are kept informed, and it helps to establish that there is a pattern of behavior.\n\nI would also suggest that, as the parent of another student, you address the rights of the other students in the class.  Every child has a right to feel safe at school, and if another child is terrorizing the class and harming other students, I would complain to the administration and ask for a meeting on how my child's safety and right to a secure classroom environment were going to be provided.\n\nIt sounds as if the assaultive child needs a behavior plan to help him learn appropriate behavior.  And it may well be that he needs a different, more structured classroom environment in order to succeed.
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go to his pediatrician. The pediatrician should refer you.\ni think public schools might be able to offer some type of service as well.. not sure about that.. but 1st check with his pediatrician..\n\ngood luck..\n\nand note for ibitecareful.. you idiot.. there is such a thing called adhd for children.. if you are not going to answer properly to this person whom is asking for help.. don't both answering with stupid answers.. maybe you need you butt smacked you useless fool!!
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I was at LeJeune with my husband and daughter (younger than Pre-K at the time) from '97 to '00.  I heard nothing but great things from the DoD schools at that time.  I wouldn't hesitate to put my child in base (DoD) schools.  While private education has it advantages, your child will have different needs being a military child.  \n\nThe teachers and administrators at a base school will understand temporary behavioral differences while a parent is deployed.  They'll work with children who move every 3-4 years.  They're more apt to keep the curriculum the same, military-wide, due to the amount of transferring children each year...so no one will be left behind or have to spend a lot of time catching up after a permanent change of station (PCS).  Now, the public schools in the area (off base) will have a large population of military kids, as well...so I'm sure they're used to the unique situations the military life can impose on its children.  However, if an emergency were to ever happen (we were stationed on Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Base, Hawaii, on 9/11), I would feel much more safe if my child was in a school protected by thousands of Marines.  (My daughter was in Pre-K during that time.  The childcare facilities and base schools had armed Marines standing at the doors and driveways until the security level was lowered.  I felt much better about sending my child to school during those tense days/weeks/months.)\n\nWe may be heading back to LeJeune in the near future.  It's a great place to be!  Good Luck with the schools and your marriage!
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Maybe these links will help. Best of luck.\n\nhttp://www.troubledteensprograms.com/programs/programs.php?prog_id=2102\n\nhttp://www.troubledteenschools.com/allschools.php?type=Wilderness+Program&state=VT\n\nhttp://www.boot-camp-boot-camps.com/\n\nhttp://www.drugrehabresources.com/bycity.php/Vermont/Benson
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Here is a bit of detail from Wikipedia.  Perhaps you could contact one of the schools that is listed in the link at the bottom?  Good Luck!
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The job is not as important of a factor as what kind of parent they are.  I know messed up military kids because the parents hate the schools and pull them out to homeschool everywhere they live, and I know some well-adjusted disciplined military kids.  I know of similar situations with civilian parents also.
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From what you are describing I'm not so sure this is something that you can 'cure'.  What you may be able to do is find ways to help your son with gaining social skills and improving sensory tolerances.  Your son may benefit from behavioral or cognitive therapy targeting social skill development and understanding.  He may need help with learning ways of coping with an overload of sensory input.  He may not be able to provide his own structure but may need to have his environment and routines structured for him.  \n\nA good place to start is by writing down a list or description of symptoms/behaviors/concerns that you feel need to be addressed.  Take a copy of this list to the school ask his teacher if any of these apply to your son in the school environment.  If they do then you can seek a school evaluation to find out what supports may be beneficial to your son in school.  School is not just about academics.  It is also supposed to be about learning how to get along in the world and being able to go on to college, tech school and work.  If you can't socialize or provide self structure then this is a problem.  Your pediatrician is also a good resource for directing you to additional sources of evaluation of his current needs and performance levels.  Once those are fully discerned then you can more appropriately target means of addressing his difficulties.
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Go down to your local VFW. They will have addresses for care packages. Plus i am sure that they will have alot of school related things for you. The VFW offers alot of programs for the community to get involved with supporting the troops.\n\nIf you are having a hard time finding them shoot me an email and i can hook you up with a local post.
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There is an excellent program that works very well with middle school students.  It is called Cooperative Discipline.  Cooperative Discipline is a research-based, classroom and school reform model that builds on shared responsibility for learning and classroom organization between teachers and students.  The program provides sustained messages to children about what it means to be self-disciplined. Messages that are changed every year or are inconsistent for every classroom diminish discipline and achievement.\n\nI have seen this model used very successfully in a number of schools.  I have attached websites for you to check it out.  There is a inexpensive book you can get - cost is about $20 I think, but you can probably get started with just what you can find on the INternet.  Courses and workshops are also available.  Just do a search for Cooperative Discipline and you'll get lots of links.\n\nYou might also want to check out Richard Curwin's book "Discipline with Dignity".\n\nI hope this helps.  Good luck with it.
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You didn't give enough information.  What are the child's special needs?  Emotional problems?  Physical disability?  Learning disability (and what kind)?  Some combination of the three?  Also, are you looking for a public school system with a program for your child, or are you looking for a private (tuition-based) school?  Does it matter whether it is residential or day school?\n\nRe-ask your question, and you may be able to get more useful answers.   Good luck!!\n\nADDED LATER:  Okay, now that I know that you are interested in learning disabilities, I have the following resources for you in Kansas:\n\nName: Kansas/Western Missouri Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (Parkville, MO) \nHotline type: International Dyslexia Association \nContact phone: 816-838-7323 \nContact email: info@ksmoida.org  \nURL: http://www.ksmoida.org \n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nName: Learning Disabilities Association of Kansas (Overland) \nHotline type: Learning Disabilities Association \nContact phone: 913-897-5063 \n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nName: Learning Disabilities Association of Kansas (Topeka) \nHotline type: Learning Disabilities Association \nContact phone: 785-273-4505 \nContact email: marciasu@aol.com  \nURL: http://www.ldakansas.org \n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nName: Learning Disabilities Association of Shawnee County \nHotline type: Learning Disabilities Association \nContact email: arussell@topekacollegiate.org
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try hospitals--does your area do candystriping or allow for volunteers in children's wards?\n\nI'm not sure what's around in your area, but perhaps behavior centers, nursing homes, etc. might help
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I know the military offers a "Troops to Teachers" program.  Talk to the military office that deals with military folks about to wrap up their service, they should know.  Good luck!
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I have taken training classes in Guiding and Teaching Kids with Challenging Behaviors, it was taught by a child psychologist there are also books on the market that are very helpful as well 2 in particular are "The Explosive Child" by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D and "The Difficult Child" by Stanley Turecki, MD.
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http://kidshealth.org/teen/question/get_help/weapon_school.html
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Try the American Montessori Society\n\nhttp://www.amshq.org/