DCPS special ed policy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of this is your business. It is egregious that the school has shared this information with you and I'd be furious if I were there child's parents.

DCPS self contained classrooms are generally terrible.

Focus on your own child's needs, not on whether this other child will be academically successful.

It is my business when my kid gets hit repeatedly. Thanks.

Been there. I’m sorry. It’s so hard when there is a child actively hurting others and you have parents judging you about not wanting your child regularly attacked.

I understand that self contained classrooms are terrible, but so are classrooms where one student is free to attack and rampage against others and the classroom

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of this is your business. It is egregious that the school has shared this information with you and I'd be furious if I were there child's parents.

DCPS self contained classrooms are generally terrible.

Focus on your own child's needs, not on whether this other child will be academically successful.

It is my business when my kid gets hit repeatedly. Thanks.

Been there. I’m sorry. It’s so hard when there is a child actively hurting others and you have parents judging you about not wanting your child regularly attacked.

I understand that self contained classrooms are terrible, but so are classrooms where one student is free to attack and rampage against others and the classroom

Having a class where one kid is allowed to freely attack others is terrible too. Trust me no one wants their child to witness another beat the crap out of other students or their teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of this is your business. It is egregious that the school has shared this information with you and I'd be furious if I were there child's parents.

DCPS self contained classrooms are generally terrible.

Focus on your own child's needs, not on whether this other child will be academically successful.

It is my business when my kid gets hit repeatedly. Thanks.

Been there. I’m sorry. It’s so hard when there is a child actively hurting others and you have parents judging you about not wanting your child regularly attacked.

I understand that self contained classrooms are terrible, but so are classrooms where one student is free to attack and rampage against others and the classroom

There are other things - there should be a BIP that is implemented. But guess what - it is common that schools do not actually put these in place and execute them.

[Anonymous]

Your best bet is to push for a 1-1 aide to help the teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of this is your business. It is egregious that the school has shared this information with you and I'd be furious if I were there child's parents.

DCPS self contained classrooms are generally terrible.

Focus on your own child's needs, not on whether this other child will be academically successful.

It is my business when my kid gets hit repeatedly. Thanks.

Been there. I’m sorry. It’s so hard when there is a child actively hurting others and you have parents judging you about not wanting your child regularly attacked.

I understand that self contained classrooms are terrible, but so are classrooms where one student is free to attack and rampage against others and the classroom

Having a class where one kid is allowed to freely attack others is terrible too. Trust me no one wants their child to witness another beat the crap out of other students or their teacher.

Where in the OP does it say this is happening?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None of this is your business. It is egregious that the school has shared this information with you and I'd be furious if I were there child's parents.

DCPS self contained classrooms are generally terrible.

Focus on your own child's needs, not on whether this other child will be academically successful.

As a self-contained teacher, who has received many students from gen Ed, I can tell you this child is not going to get any of the supports they need and apparently they are hitting, that is an issue.

Dcps does make self contained horrible though, if you don’t have teachers who bend over backwards. I am tired and leaving.


You can’t force anything on parents but you need to make sure the school is documenting incidents of ‘aggression.’
And they need to have tier I-II supports in place to show the child needs tier III.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS is in pre-k at a DCPS. There is a child with special needs in the class and the school said at the beginning of the year they were trying to find a specialized placement for him.

Now the school says the child's parents are refusing to put the child in special ed.

It has been very disruptive for the class and looking ahead to kindergarten and beyond, what is DCPS policy for this situation? Does it vary from school to school? At a certain point, the child won't be able to meet any academic benchmarks, but maybe that doesn't matter in DCPS.

I thought I would ask here. Please do not lecture me on being elitist or awful, I'm really just asking to be informed, and it has not been good for the class or the child, who clearly needs more support.

They should be fired for telling you this.

[Anonymous]

When parents refuse to follow a school's recommendation, the school can go "due process". This essentially involves legal action. It is costly and is why most schools just roll over and let the parents have the say. But, if other parents in the class repeatedly complain and escalate the issue up the food chain, sometimes action is taken. Even if that means the district goes the VERY expensive route of hiring a 1:1 TA for the child who is hitting others. I urge you to complain each and every time, in writing, when your child is hurt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Read the Special Education Family Guide if you truly want to learn. As others have mentioned, there’s nothing to be done if a parent refuses services.

https://dcpsspecialed.wixsite.com/home

I've worked in special ed and I've literally never met a parent who "refused services". But I have met parents who refused specific, inappropriate services and had to fight like hell to get their child an appropriate placement. While there were people sneering and gossiping in the parking lot and hoping the child would just be sent off to the "special education class".

If it's obvious to everyone that the classroom placement isn't working for the child, I'm 99% certain the child is still there because what the school is offering to the family is even worse.

Administrators play chicken with the kids, hoping the SN parent will blink first. I know it's related to funding and also frustrating for the other kids (and their parents), but it's just so gross how people are so quick to blame the SN child and their parents.

It's totally fine for you to advocate for your own child. But please stop making assumptions about the other child and their family.

Yikes.
Families have refused to get evaluated. Not everyone knows the exact lingo. I have been in special education for 15 years. Yes, yes families do refuse evals because they don’t want the ‘stigma.’ Well if we are saying your child needs support those ‘stigmas’ are going to stay regardless.