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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with OP and PP--I don't see how suspending a preschooler is at all appropriate or helpful. [/quote]

Then what is the alternative.  Mom would be more pissed if they moved him to a class for kids with behavioral problems.[/quote]

You can do interventions on children in a classroom setting. You don't have to move them. In situations where a child is exhibting difficult or extreme behaviors the parents, taechers and school support staff should convene for a SST meeting and create a behavioral plan for the kid and see if he needs different support systems (counseling? being tested for special education) The hard thing is that sometimes parents (paticuaraly in low SES backgrounds) are resistant to their child being labeled in any way even though having an IEP or 504 plan can do more to help a kid.

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Do you want your kids in a classroom with a violent child who throws chairs.  [/quote]

That's the thing -- you've got to protect the other children first.  OK, so maybe you don't send the disruptive kid home to a bod situation, but you do something with them - you don't leave them there to tear up the classroom. How is that good for anyone?[/quote]

DP - the PP who said you can do interventions in a classroom setting is absolutely correct.  That doesn't have to mean the [b]same classroom[/b] the child was learning in when they started disruptive behavior.   An elementary school serious about managing all kids needs a room or rooms to send the child to, staffed by TRAINED staff who understand age-appropriate behavior modification and have been trained to do it.  They also need staff who will not just call the parent once or send one letter, but keep calling or doing a home visit (if the behavior is recurring) to engage the parents.  This takes further resources that most DCPS elementaries do not have room for in their budgets.  Yes, I know... DC has highest per pupil funding.  That doesn't mean it all goes to the schools.  I'm not an insider so can't tell you where the money does go, but I have been in elementary schools all over DC and I know they don't have this staffing and some don't have any extra classrooms.  The ones with the worst scores and most discipline issues: they need these resources desperately.[/quote]

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