Singing Jesus Loves Me.....

by JoySorrells
(Thomaston,Ga)

I received a phone call from Trevor's kindergarten teacher last Friday. {This is his second year in kindergarten due to the fact the school will not place him in a much needed Special Ed class}

The Teacher starts off with Hello Mrs. Sorrells this is Mason Ranow I am calling you concerning Trevor's behavior in class today. I said what has he done ? He said back to me well He will not stop singing in class. I said singing? Singing What may I ask? He said well he is singing Jesus loves me but that's not important.

I stopped him and I asked well did he sing the entire song or just part of it? He said well he sang the whole song but may I say he was disrupting the class and he cannot... I quickly interrupted again with a shout of Awesome !!!! He said excuse me ? I said Trevor and Me have been working on this song since he was 4 years old and now that he's 6 he has finally learned it!

Well by now Mr. Ranow was ready to blow! I said Mr.Ranow you know as well as I do that Trevor has ADHD combined type, He has Autism spectrum disorder, Sensory integration disorder, expressive language disorder and mild Cerebral Palsy.

Today a little boy with all those things stacked against him learned something new... He was able to retain the words to an entire song and you want me to punish me for it right?

Well silence was there for a second then He responded with "Well will you please tell him not to sing in class anymore?" I said sure I will but you know how those ADHD kids are. Then I added that you could always recommend he be placed in a behavioral class.

"This school refuses to accommodate Trevor's needs and I refuse to punish my shining star for being just what God made him to be "... Trevor is not violent or mean or rude like the Normal kids are... He is loving and caring and he is the one falling victim to the black eyes on the play ground and being pushed down and called names.

The little boys in his class know he is different and they bully him. On the bus the driver picks on him because Trevor is singing or he is making a noise or someone hurts him and he cries. She yells at him to hurry up when he is struggling with weak muscles to climb the stairs onto the bus.

The world is cruel to these Children. There's noway I will ever punish my child for singing in a class where he struggles to count to 10 still where he is expected to do work he can not do, Where the other kids are laughing at him because he cannot spell his name yet.

They will not place Trevor in a class where he needs to be so they will just have to learn to deal with him. They are never happy anyway.

Mr.Ranow called a conference to discuss Trevor's falling to sleep in class every morning. I told him you know as well as I do that Trevor takes meds every morning at 7 am these meds are Risperdal and concerta and focalin all to please you people here at the school, Now if you would like him wide awake I can stop giving it to him but then you may not like the results. I can tell you your classroom will not be the same.

His response to me was No that okay we will find a way to get him awake. Well just two days later Trevor came home and told me that his teacher is putting cold water in his face every morning to wake him up.

Why do people mistreat children with disabilities? We currently have our house up for sale we plan to move far away from here in hopes of finding Trevor a better situation and hopefully some acceptance.