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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worked in a school with a SESES program and was the grade-level mainstream class for students in the program. My students from the program were easier than my gen. ed students. People dismiss trauma as being a factor in all of this but the amount of #*@ our kids have seen by second grade is mind-blowing. They have zero coping skills and their models for appropriate behaviors might very well be the caregiver at home who has been inflicting the trauma.

I don't know what the solution is but the current reality of schools is unsustainable. All of society's challenges end up in our schools and we're expected to hold high standards for all students but we're dealing with some extremely disruptive behaviors. Our core team at my school is amazing and will always respond to calls for support but then they're tied up with one student while three more pop off in other parts of the building. We need to do better as a society because whatever we're doing isn't working. More and more of our kids are really struggling. [/quote]

I worked in an SESES program years ago, when it was still called the ED program. And when our kids were mainstreamed, they generally were better behaved than kids outside the program who had behavioral concerns, because we were able to support them so well. When the program can’t offer enough support, staff work SO HARD to show central office that the student needs another placement (often RICA or Katherine Thomas). But central office pushes back because that’s a costly solution. And it’s a long process even when it’s successful, while the child, teachers, and occasionally others, are harmed in the meantime. Totally agree with you that the current situation is unsustainable. [/quote]

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