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[quote=Anonymous]DS (age 8) has autism and ADHD and an IEP but attends a mainstream school with pull out services.  He did not qualify for ESY but was recommended for the summer school program.  He has not been supported well and has had multiple anxiety attacks where he said he was going to kill himself.  We were called multiple times and each time we would rush there and he would calm down immediately.  Our ABA therapist did an observation there and said DS was definitely not getting enough support and would just withdraw into a corner the whole day.  This past Friday, he climbed up onto one of the cubbies and said he was going to jump and kill himself.  We were called and while DH was comforting DS, the teachers started giggling.  DS, who had calmed down by then, asked why they were giggling.  The teachers looked surprised that he would ask and replied that they were laughing about a child that kicked a hornets nest and got stung.  DS asked why someone getting hurt would be funny and they did not respond.  This is completely inappropriate and to observe the teachers' behaving like this while we were there implies that it is way worse when we are not.  We are definitely not sending DS back but also feel that we should not let this type of behavior go unaccounted for.[/quote]

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