Disruptive student in class

[Anonymous]

Every class has THAT kid. That’s why we ended up at private. Mainstreaming has been a failure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the hitter sped?

Not that I'm aware of, he is in a regular classroom.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone here have any experience with a 8/9 year old "hitter" in their child's class? This boy has hit other classmates the previous school year in 3rd grade, as reported to me by my child, and now on first day back yesterday has slapped a classmate in the face. And he stayed in the class, not sent to the office. Is this acceptable and normal at mcps? It is unknown to me what triggers this child. It frightens me honestly.

Normal in mcps - it's part of character building.

physical assault is character building?

No it's part of the character of the building.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this child actually disruptive in a way that results in missed instruction or is the hitting a light hit like how toddlers sometimes steal toys from each other by hitting?

There are kids who are years behind in maturity and may not be able to communicate with words. This happened in our pre-K classroom all the time and all those kids grew up to be nice, gentle kids. A child with a disability may just be behind a few years.

I’m sorry. A light hit is still a hit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is the hitter sped?

Not that I'm aware of, he is in a regular classroom.

Means very little.

Least Restrictive Environment.

[Anonymous]

Why not call the police if it happens to your kid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this child actually disruptive in a way that results in missed instruction or is the hitting a light hit like how toddlers sometimes steal toys from each other by hitting?

There are kids who are years behind in maturity and may not be able to communicate with words. This happened in our pre-K classroom all the time and all those kids grew up to be nice, gentle kids. A child with a disability may just be behind a few years.

I’m sorry. A light hit is still a hit.

It matters in how the school handles it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the hitter sped?

Not that I'm aware of, he is in a regular classroom.

Means very little.

Least Restrictive Environment.

It should not matter for OP. A hitter is a hitter and it's none of OP's business why this is happening, only that it stop and her child be safe.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is the hitter sped?

Not that I'm aware of, he is in a regular classroom.

The most disruptive kids who physically hit others IME did not have special needs. The typical pattern for a kid who did this year after year was a kid who might have been struggling in some way, lashed out at other kids and the teacher, and their parents denied they had any issues.

The kids with diagnosed special needs had support at home and at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not call the police if it happens to your kid?

Instruct the school to contact police and file a police report if your kid is hit so you can press charges.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why not call the police if it happens to your kid?

Instruct the school to contact police and file a police report if your kid is hit so you can press charges.

I doubt MCPS will do this. I hate to make it all about the paperwork, but Fill out the bullying/harassment form every time your child tells you about these incidents- even if they were not directly hit. You need to put the school on notice that by keeping your child in classroom with a child that has a known discipline issue, they are not fulfilling their obligations to your child for a SAFE learning environment. The teacher will be grateful you did as I’m sure they will be complaining as well (if they haven’t already)

[Anonymous]

I'm so sick of people spewing things like mainstreaming and least restrictive environment is a bad thing. My DC has special needs and is mainstreamed. She has a language-based disability and learning disorders but is the kindest, gentlest kid and a quiet rule follower. She gets a bit of push in support but mostly extra time to do assignments and pull out for speech. She tells me that the assistant teacher who comes in to his classroom (as required in his IEP) usually ends up helping a bunch of kids and assists the main teacher as my DC works independently. She is sometimes the target of bullying but has never caused any disruption ever. She deserves to be in a LRE and mainstreamed and the clueless people spouting blanket statements of hatred of children with disabilities should look at their own kids - they can be mean and disruptive to my child's education. No child should be hitting and throwing things in a classroom - and violence should not be tolerated but give sped kids who are not disruptive a chance!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is there nowhere else to stick these kids?

I wouldn't use the term stick but yes there are other environments that are more appropriate for kids that are unable to control their emotions on a regular basis. It's a long process and if the parent is against it, it's very hard. Even when the parent wants it, it still takes months for placement. There are a finite amount of these types of classes. The kids where there is no dispute by either the teachers or parents are fairly easy to place--let's say 2 SD from the mean. It's the kids that are 1 SD from the mean that are much harder to place. Those are the kids you see remaining in mainstream classrooms and parents complaining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is there nowhere else to stick these kids?

They need to spend money. Also, all kids deserve a proper education- not being stuck somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm so sick of people spewing things like mainstreaming and least restrictive environment is a bad thing. My DC has special needs and is mainstreamed. She has a language-based disability and learning disorders but is the kindest, gentlest kid and a quiet rule follower. She gets a bit of push in support but mostly extra time to do assignments and pull out for speech. She tells me that the assistant teacher who comes in to his classroom (as required in his IEP) usually ends up helping a bunch of kids and assists the main teacher as my DC works independently. She is sometimes the target of bullying but has never caused any disruption ever. She deserves to be in a LRE and mainstreamed and the clueless people spouting blanket statements of hatred of children with disabilities should look at their own kids - they can be mean and disruptive to my child's education. No child should be hitting and throwing things in a classroom - and violence should not be tolerated but give sped kids who are not disruptive a chance!

It's an unfortunate truth that people don't understand special needs and have alot of animosity towards sn children.

My sn kiddo was physically assaulted 3 times last year by non sn kids.

Sn kids are far more likely to he the targets of violence than to be violent.