Another meeting with the "experts"

Okay, hopefully I'm wrong, and this will encounter will be full of fresh ideas, open discussion and problem-solving.

But, well, the odds aren't great. For a start, this is the behaviour specialist from the school board. When we first spoke, I asked her for two things:

• I don't want any more tickie-charts for T.K. because they DON'T WORK (when you lose your cool outside at recess because someone just pushed you or called you a name, a tickie-chart kept on the teacher's desk won't help you calm down and make "good decisions"),
• and I wanted to be included in the problem-solving process because I know the kid and can support the system's efforts better if I'm included.

She said, "Oh, yes, of course!" And showed up to our first meeting... with a tickie-chart for T.K. Fully filled out with what she figured were the most important problems to work on (and stuff that he would, in her opinion, be able to start performing properly just because it was included on the tickie-chart.)

I did support it as best I could, but -- surprise, surprise, it didn't work worth a damn.

Has she learned anything from this, or will we plunge on into bigger and more thoroughly elaborated tickie-charts? I'm not holding my breath.