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[quote=Anonymous] OP - If your child is "a runner" does not have the cognitive capacity to understand danger and why this is wrong to be doing, then just getting an aide is not the only thing you may need to do. You really will need to sit down with the administrators of the charter school who again may never have dealt with such a situation to look at a lot of things: - Specific training that will be required of any aide hired (also consider size and strength of your son) - Definite line of responsibility for your son when aide might be eating lunch or on other break. - Danger points within the building when he could most likely "escape" out of the building. - Can he reasonably be allowed outside the school building for p.e. class or recess? - Does school building need a time out or cool down space for him to go if this might hep as an behavior analysis is done? It is balance of his academic program and his safety that needs to be weighed and if his behavior is such a risk then a charter school placement may not be in his best interest in terms of secure setting. And again the size and training of an aide so that neither the adult nor your son is injured is also key. Again LRE and the safety needs of your son need an appropriate balance. Maybe the kind of setting you envision will work in a few years with some maturation and training on his part rather than now when see seems so at-risk for flight. [/quote]
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