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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is wild. I am an elementary school
arts teacher who teaches everyone in the school, including kids with autism and nonverbal. I would 100% never kick a child. But I would 100% definitely have a Diet Pepsi on my desk after lunch. I think parents have an unrealistic sense of what a school looks like.[/quote]

Would you put that Diet Pepsi somewhere a child might be less likely to see it though? That’s where this adult went wrong. She had her whole meal out and the kids gathered around. I have a hard time believing this para didn’t know that her food and drink wouldn’t appeal to the children.

Happy to know you wouldn’t kick a kid over it![/quote]

If a child’s problem behavior includes something severe like food stealing then that child should automatically be staffed 1:1 due to this being a choking hazard as well as potentially ingesting something that’s not edible or even dangerous.

As you see from this incident, behavior like food stealing can also catch people off guard and they react instinctively (and sometimes aggressively or in a way that causes harm to the child, even if that was not the intent) if not properly trained.

This level of intensity and staffing is clearly beyond what MCPS is equipped to handle and if I were the parent I’d be demanding that child’s program be outsourced since MCPS clearly cannot handle the child’s needs appropriately.[/quote]

Correct. Being a parent of a child with high support needs, I would agree with the part that the child’s program should be outsourced especially if food SNATCHING (not stealing - as people with disabilities may or may not know the difference) is something that they aren’t able to consistently deal with appropriately. The following should go without saying, but if they were aware snatching was a behavior, and IF the child also had a one to one, they failed in several respects and the child SHOULD go elsewhere. MCPS loves to pretend they know what they’re doing though so I wouldn’t be surprised if this has not been considered. Happens all too often and I see the same situation over and over in my support groups.[/quote]

Not everyone wants private placements. MCPS should be capable of appropriately accomodating the vast majority of students with special needs. They just don't want to.[/quote]

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