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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think we need to stop normalizing children without disabilities getting abused and hurt in school situations. 
Just because someone has learning challenges or behavior difficulties does not mean that there should not be adequate and appropriate consequences. No Child should have to be afraid to go to school. [/quote]

No one is normalizing kids getting hurt or abused. Normalizing living in a society with people with disabilities? Of course. [/quote]

Maybe it's not being normalized where you are at, but it is very much brushed off at a lot of schools. They say it builds character and will help children deal as adults with adversity. I don't think any kindergartner first grader or second grader needs to have to evacuate their classroom on a daily basis because a child with special needs is having a meltdown and throwing chairs. And that is not being hyperbolic It does happen. So much so that one of the teachers in the school has a cart filled with books and supplies that she just wheels down to the gymnasium whenever she needs to evacuate the room which has turned into a daily basis. That is normalizing it. Instead of fixing the problem, we're finding poor workarounds while all of the other children have to leave their classroom and resituate themselves down the hall. That is not okay[/quote]

This example also doesn't sound like kids are getting hurt or abused. In fact, quite the opposite, the school is taking drastic steps to protect them. Seems like it would be easier to remove the child throwing the fit, but I don't know all of the details. What exactly would you like to have happen instead? At that young age, most families don't have diagnosis, support systems, knowledge, or medication for their child yet. Documenting and responding to these issues is the first step.

I can understand that you don't like it, but truly can't understand how you would change it? Are you proposing that any 5 year old who has a meltdown should be banned from school for life?

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This is the protocol at all schools. You can’t safely move a child in the middle of a meltdown. I don’t see how your child is hurt or abused. Inconvenienced, maybe.[/quote]

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