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[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by The CNN article

The report singled out a period of homebound education during which Lanza was taken out of school during his eighth-grade year as an especially dangerous health care decision that contributed to his isolation and deterioration.

"The level of isolation, disconnect and socialization that we know kids enjoy as part of their education becomes totally lost and that's a piece of what we see in AL's life," said Faith VosWinkel, an assistant child advocate and co-author.

The report concluded that Lanza's homebound placement was "inappropriate and nontherapeutic" and recommended a review of homebound status education and asked the state to consider an audit of existing homebound practices.

This bit pisses me off. Clearly Lanza's mother was making bad decisions from the beginning, and his home environment was no doubt unhelpful to the situation, but I am also 100% certain that school for Adam did not involve "socialization that kids enjoy as part of their education." That's exactly the kind of bullshit understanding of middle school that a "child advocate and author" would have.

Being home was terrible for him. But I am quite sure that being at school would have been just as terrible for him.

[Griff]

Yeah, that's complete bullshit. My middle school experience was a damn horror. He needed something better but the placement he opted out of probably wasn't it.

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Being home was terrible for him. But I am quite sure that being at school would have been just as terrible for him.

Appreciate a common thread to the entire problem. They kept trying to adapt the world to Adam rather than adapt (ie fix) Adam to the world.

His problems became most apparent as soon as he transistioned from elementary school to junior high school. Adam did not adapt to change (which may also be why he shot his mother and others after learning she was planning on moving).

Rather than treat Adam (of a problem they apparently did not have the skills to understand), the school and community psychiatrist conceded to what Nancy Lanza wanted. And did not properly follow up on his homebound condition (which is specifically different from home schooled).

His father also deferred all decisions to Nancy Lanza except once. At one point he pushed to have Adam diagnosed by the Yale Child Study Center. They, in turn, recognized the seriousness of Adam's mental disease. Including a need for Adam to take drugs. Nancy Lanza resisted because Adam would refuse. Most of what Yale recommended never happened.

Yale recommended that the community psychiatrist (who was better located to do so) take the lead. This Yale decision meant that even work by Yale and conversations with local authorities were ignored; not even in files of local authorities.

School assembled special teams for Adam composed of all his teachers and associated professional advisors. Teams were quite responsible and agressive in addressing Adam's problems. But they had one problem. They did not understand. A problem made worse by bogus strategic objective. They were more interested in Adam's education rather than his psychological conditions and treatment. Since that was what Nancy Lanza wanted. In part, because Nancy Lanza clearly had no idea of a problem she was stuck with. Nancy Lanza eventually took a most evil attitude also explained in a song that is just as irresponsible. "Don't worry. Be happy". Somehow she expected things would resolve themselves.

Finally, one key point not entirely obvious in the report. Adam may have been bullied repeatedly. Report implies that teachers either did not know about bullying or (as so many teachers do) ignored it. That does not say bullying did or did not exist. Only that the report says bullying could have existed and they have no idea whether it did or did not happen.