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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Seems like no one is surprised and that no one knows of a policy per se.

I want to clarify: my heart breaks for the child who was struggling so much he had a meltdown. I don't think it's my business to know what he specific needs are. But I guess if my own child is getting hit I'd like to know it. On the one hand, I don't want there to be an expectation created that it's okay to be hit and it's no big deal. On the other hand, I don't want to blow everything up but yesterday sounded really scary and I think the kids are processing it in their own way and I would think parents should be part of that processing.

Fortunately, my daughter is very verbal so I hear every little detail so we could talk about it. Still, it is out of the mouth of a 7-year-old.

Anyway, thank you all for taking the time to respond.[/quote]

Your initial shock was the same as mine, although our situations began in K.  [b]But just because privacy is involved doesn't mean you should do nothing, nor does it mean you should blow things up.  Still, you can talk to the teacher, talk to the principal.  Every kid needs an advocate and it's your job to be your kids advocate. [/b] They may work a little harder to ensure some distance between your kid and the one lashing out.

At our school the kids who lash out do not have aides, my goodness, I wish!  Sometimes if they are close to a meltdown and the teacher sees it coming she will send them to one of our two school para's for a break.

But no, my experience has been that we are not notified in the event of an injury or incident in the classroom.  
I will say it has gotten a little easier for my daughter to avoid and process as she has gotten older.[/quote]

I'd agree with this.  Communicate with the principal and teachers.  Do it via email so you have a record of these incidents.

I agree that the current situation in classrooms and at recess can just be terrible.  I've volunteered at recess and at our school, it's 10 classrooms full of kids with 3 aides.  It is impossible for the aides to monitor that many kids and we've had all sorts of incidents.  At our ES, some of the SN kids have aides, and some do not.

Hope things get better and your kid doesn't have to go through this again.  [/quote]

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