OK pp. Presuming I take you seriously. Drive violent kid.
Is it a kid who does something one time? 3x? |
Define. Sorry. What makes a kid violent? How do you define that? |
This isn’t unique to MCPS, unfortunately, many school systems mainstream. Stop hatin’ MCPS! |
The law for the most part works very well. I have a kid with a shadow in mainstream as a third grader. He is doing really well now that he’s been pulled off of Learning Center setting. He was not benefiting in that self-contained setting that lacked academic challenge. It’s true that a lot of the kids that have ADHD or autism or alike are also very smart and need to be challenged. The decision to mainstream my son did not come from me. I resisted the idea in the beginning worrying my child would be bullied or would wander off of school grounds. IEP meetings are held with 6-7 MCPS reps who monitor and test the kids thoroughly. You can’t challenge what’s obvious. If a child will do well in mainstream is carefully considered based on observations throughout school year. I don’t doubt that some might make it through by lawyering up but in general, I don’t believe that its that common. One should also consider that sometimes awkward behaviors of neurodivergent kids cause Neurotypical kids to make fun of them, bully and provoke behaviors. I witnessed this in my son’s classroom. The star student of the classroom is bullying kids with challenges, such as obesity or stimming behavior. I saw it w/ clarity during chaperoning events. The kid gets away with it because she is very smart and dominant. The bullied kids can only take it for so long before they start bursting. A lot of blame should also be placed on healthcare system. When my son was being evaluated at children’s national, doctors told me he has mild autism but that they would give him level two or level three diagnosis if I wished so. This was the weirdest thing and I asked why, she said some parents prefer that to get more services at school. This has to be stopped, this culture of handing out diagnosis for school services is one of the reasons why there are so many kids in special education programs which then dilutes the program’s effectiveness . The law is good, maliciously intent to use it for one’s benefit is one of the problems and funding is the other. |
+1 |
I understand the laws just fine. However, as an elementary teacher who has 5 children with disabilities, 2 of them very violent included into my regular education class, it is overwhelming. Some days I cry from the trauma. Other days I am sick. I now have stage 2 cancer probably from the stress. This is the fourth year with classes of this makeup. The endless paperwork, meetings, emergency calls for support, fighting for services that only get denied, dealing with parents who are angry over something I have no control over, and dealing with paperwork regarding injuries to staff and students never end. It is exhausting. I am so very happy I will end this thankless job when school ends. The abuse must end. My body and soul are tired. I am leaving the country with my two kids on a one way ticket to Portugal. I will figure my life out there. I cannot handle anymore. Those that bash teachers need to do this job for 15 years and see what it does to you. |
Yes. But what is not dictated is the insanity it takes of paperwork, pressure, and meetings to get that to happen. In all of my 15 years of teaching, it only happened once as this child was committing arson and threatened to kill a neighbor. It was more of the outside school actions and a knowledgeable psychologist that got that child moved. The ruckus he caused in school was minimized and it was very difficult because this child used leg braces and sometimes a wheelchair. It did NOT hinder and if the heinous things he did though. But, being medically disabled with a 504 and IEP made him untouchable and he knew that! |
Looks like this thread has jumped the shark... |