Suing Parents for their child's violent behavior?

[Anonymous]

Teacher here. You need to get your union involved ASAP.

[Anonymous]

Can you call 911?

[Anonymous]

First talk to your union. You can file assault charges. If they stick he will have to be removed from your room. I have seen this happen with colleagues. I teach ms. Not sure if age matters to file charges.

[Anonymous]

Teacher, Calm down. You are upset at the wrong people. The problem is your school's administration. There are a lot of things they can do beyond the IEP process. You need to put a note into writing to your principal and cc the special needs office for your district. Explain the situation and tell them you need additional staffing to help with this issue and you need a consultation from a behavioral specialist who can help you with strategies to manage the child's behavior.

You should also look at what YOU are doing to trigger the behaviors if anything. I am not saying you are doing something wrong but you might be inadvertently upsetting the child.

Lastly, try to have some empathy. Your post comes off sounding kind of crazy. What kind of teacher would sue parents?

[Anonymous]

I'm not a lawyer, but what do you think it would cost to sue the kid's parents, and what would be your ultimate goal? To have him removed from your class? To force them to get an evaluation and IEP? I think you would be better off involving your union and your school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You cannot sue the family. However, it sounds like you have a good case against the school system for not providing adequate support for the child. I would take it to the principal and then take it up. That is not acceptable.

Not Likely a case against the school. Workers compensation is the exclusive remedy for workplace injuries and she would t have standing to sue to get adequate supports for the child.

[Anonymous]

Since he is not considered special ed, why hasn't he been suspended or expelled?

[Anonymous]

Tell the principal you need "additional staff support" and a "behavioral consult" from specialists. You don't need the parents to sign off on having another body in the room with you to help with issues and you don't need them to consent to the observation because the observation is technically for you, to try to help you figure out what is going wrong with your classroom management so to speak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since he is not considered special ed, why hasn't he been suspended or expelled?

This post is off. Surely a teacher couldn't be this incompetent. Troll?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher, Calm down. You are upset at the wrong people. The problem is your school's administration. There are a lot of things they can do beyond the IEP process. You need to put a note into writing to your principal and cc the special needs office for your district. Explain the situation and tell them you need additional staffing to help with this issue and you need a consultation from a behavioral specialist who can help you with strategies to manage the child's behavior.

You should also look at what YOU are doing to trigger the behaviors if anything. I am not saying you are doing something wrong but you might be inadvertently upsetting the child.

Lastly, try to have some empathy. Your post comes off sounding kind of crazy. What kind of teacher would sue parents?

No. The teacher, like everyone else, deserves a safe work environment. If this child is injuring others, whether they are teachers or other kids, he needs to be put in a more appropriate environment, probably a self-contained class.

[Anonymous]

Talk to your union and file assault charges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since he is not considered special ed, why hasn't he been suspended or expelled?

This post is off. Surely a teacher couldn't be this incompetent. Troll?

haven't been in a classroom lately, have you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since he is not considered special ed, why hasn't he been suspended or expelled?

This post is off. Surely a teacher couldn't be this incompetent. Troll?

Very ignorant of you. I can well believe this teacher, after witnessing rude and out-of-control behavior from kids that age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since he is not considered special ed, why hasn't he been suspended or expelled?

This post is off. Surely a teacher couldn't be this incompetent. Troll?

Very ignorant of you. I can well believe this teacher, after witnessing rude and out-of-control behavior from kids that age.

I can too. I saw a classmate break our teacher's arm in high school. Also saw a desk thrown on top of a teacher who was unable to get up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since he is not considered special ed, why hasn't he been suspended or expelled?

This post is off. Surely a teacher couldn't be this incompetent. Troll?

NP. No, this is the consequence for the parents' refusal to consider an IEP--the child is treated like any gen ed student, which means he should be suspended for an attack on staff. You do not get IDEA protections if you refuse to have your child identified as having an educational disability.

That being said, OP, your school is letting you down. They should be giving you paraeducator support, and the school system can absolutely force a special ed evaluation, even without the parents' consent. They just have to file for due process and demonstrate that they have reason to suspect this child has a disability (which it sounds like they do), then the judge can grant an order authorizing assessments without parental consent.