Always in the Dog House !

ok need to vent..... had a kid come here today with s/a. i know immediately that she is full of it, no temp, no signs of distress except forced crying. back to class she goes........... so bout a 1/2 later, there she is again with her para. para proceeds to tell me how sick she is and that she " should have been sent home." so, what do i do? i sent her home. all the while i am thinking if she has such good assessment skills, what do they need me here for??????? i guess i am being cautious because the same thing happened the other day cept the girl went back to class and vomited.......... so i guess i am asking for opinions here........... should i have stood my ground and showed the para the "guidelines," or should do what i did....... just shut up and send them home to keep peace............. tell ya tho.......... she really made me ANGRY! there feel much better........

I've had a very frustrating day! I had a child with a "runny nose". In the classroom is an aide that doesn't understand that this alone is NOT a reason to send a child home, just because "that's what she would do!". As I have dealt with this child for the past 5 years, and she barely knows him, I let her know that this child ALWAYS has a runny nose. There are reasons that he can't take medications for it that I am aware of, but SHE is NOT! Kept bugging me all day about it. The child has a single mother, working hard, that I am am well aware will lose her job if too much time is taken, and due to other issues with this child, a lot of time is already "necessary time off "for her. The classroom aide has an 11 year old, only child, that she stays home with for the "sniffles", but not everyone has jobs that allow for this sort of thing. I have had problems with this aide before, and I can't convince her that I don't expect to always be correct in my assessments, but I AM responsible to make the decisions. I do take our para's concerns into consideration, but don't necessarily make my decisions based upon their opinions. Thus, it means "I don't listen to them". GRRRR......