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8 year old girl walks into my office Monday morning and announces very loudly, “I had a huge erection over the weekend!” I boot out the giggling 5’th and 6’th grade boys and with the straightest face I can muster say “Tell me more about that?” After a couple of minutes of discussion, she shows me a rash and I call mom to find out more about the reaction she had over the weekend!!

Child who walked in today barefoot holding sneakers aloft, “I can’t get the knot out of my shoelaces, my teacher said to come to you”! My response, “no problem, I aced knots in nursing school “ to myself “or was that scouts”

I have a third grade student from a questionable home with encopresis and a concerning fascination with feces. I am looking for ways to address problems that we have in school. Its a very complex problem dating back as long as this student has been in school. In first grade, we had problems with him squatting in the bathroom and having a BM on the floor in front of the toilet. At the present time, we have frequent problems with incontinence (and student refusing to change, denying that its him, hiding when he is sent to me, etc.). He will also carry feces in his hands, rolling it around between fingers and throwing it down the hallway. Making the situation more difficult are the social problems. I have had frequent conversations with mom requesting a daily change of clothing, visits to MD, etc. At times, i cannot get in touch with mom as her phone will be shut off, at one time no running water, she moved and told no one (changed number)...lots of those type of problems. The family has (pretty much at all times) had a lot of services involved, such as CPS. I am aware that this type of behavior probably indicates some type of abuse, but as that is already being investigated...I am looking for suggestions to attempt to handle this child being in a classroom with other children around. Any help would be great.

Parent who wants the name of every adult on the playground and a copy of the incident report for her daughter's skinned knee!!

Oooo, I haven't had that one! I'm learning Chinese here!