Americorps and the Chain of Neglect
Americorps and the Chain of Neglect
This chapter discusses Tim's experiences at High School 6, his local public high school, and subsequent admission to both the charter school and the AmeriCorps program. The charter school's Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting—called for an Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meeting—recommended individualized instruction, special equipment, and instructional strategies geared towards Tim's learning style. It also asked for progress monitoring. But Tim eventually stopped going to school as he developed increased paranoia, and was finally diagnosed with childhood onset schizophrenia. Tim's father laments how incarcerating people with mental illness is not the same as treating them, how the chain of neglect continues, and how that chain leads to death due to several other undertreated chronic diseases.
Keywords: High School 6, AmeriCorps, Individualized Education Program, individualized instruction, paranoia, childhood onset schizophrenia
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