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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It does seem silly as hearsay but at the same time, some of the students in the news in recent years were having issues as early as kindergarten. [b]Let’s get these kids help sooner[/b]![/quote]

How does that email "help" the kids?
-Not a Taylor parent[/quote]

The email doesn't, but taking violent behavior seriously does. Perhaps if that had happened at Ashlawn instead of a "light touch", the kid wouldn't be bringing tasers to school and making threats in MS. Perhaps.[/quote]

Or things could have been worse. I don't know. Do we think discipline is the way to get the violence and bad behavior at of kids? Maybe for some. For others it does nothing. Just like jail may cure a handful of violent offenders but the rest will keep being violent their entire lives. But I don't think most folks are really interesting in helping the violent kid but rather just making sure their kid is protected. I don't think its wrong to focus on the latter, just its heartbreaking to me to know these kids aren't getting real help. [/quote]

Discipline is not the only intervention- we have many wonderful social workers, counselors and psychologists in APS.[/quote]

Sure at the schools that have them. Our entire counseling team quite last year! But yes, this is wonderful and I respect them so much. But they are too many kids that need help and not enough resources. Kids aren't able to adequate mental health care in schools and its not really the school's job to treat the kids. Schools won't even perform full neuropsych evals despite having psychologist on staff who could actually do these things. Again, not saying they are bad at their jobs or don't' help but schools do not currently have the resources to adequately help kids who have significant behavioral or violence problems. And to be honest it should not be all on the school anyway! The county should help. The state should help. The family should be willing. There are so many things that need to fall into place to get the kids the help they need. I just get a bit tired of folks acting like everything is on the school to solve all of these issues when it is just not possible. [/quote]

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