Originally Posted by
mongolianspot
(1) I want the school to change the student enrollment process so that parents are reminded to note birthmarks and such. The medical form a doctor fills out for school does not have any place to put such information. Our doctor never thought school would report us to DCFS over my daughter's mongolian spots.
(2) I want the school to send out information to all nurses and administrators in the district about mongolian spots. It still baffles me that a nurse couldn't tell the difference between a real bruise and mongolian spots.
(3) I want to tell them exactly what you said. There's lot that's wrong about the mandated process. There's lot that's wrong about a system that discourages open communication.
Sorry you had to go through this, but really glad you're going to help the school system move out of ignorance. I think your three points, above, are wonderful.
The mandated reporting system is a b!tch and they certainly got it VERY wrong in your case. (It must be said, though, that it also saves kids' lives sometimes; I've seen this happen personally.) Perhaps your school district should change their training to include telling mongolian spots from bruises, and maybe send out the information annually (not just once).
-Ivy
Parenting two active, wonderful boys
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