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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worked with ED kids for years. There are kids with extreme mental health needs in our schools. Parents are not required to get therapy for their kids, or medications. When a child is attacking others, it is much safer for everyone to put them in a closely monitored seclusion room than it is to physically restrain the child. No, they should not be pooping and naked and so forth, but that speaks to mismanaged situations and staff not following procedures. It does not happen everywhere.

At our school, as soon as the child could calm enough to sit against the back wall for two minutes, the door was opened, and after five minutes of sitting again the back wall, with a teacher in their sight to comfort them, they were asked to come out and sit in a chair with some silly putty for ten minutes, and then, if they were ready, they discussed the situation with staff and made a plan to return to class. Parents and admin were kept apprised the whole time, and notes kept and forwarded to teachers, admin, and central office.

This was a last resort to manage behavior. It’s fine to say there is a reason for misbehavior, but these reasons are not under the school’s control. A child with severe mental health needs is not going to be cured by the special education teacher. It’s a long process. Some of my kids just needed this intervention once in a while, and did not need a more restrictive school setting.

Unless you have been in the school setting with ED kids, you can’t understand. [/quote]

This makes sense. Thanks for explaining [/quote]

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