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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The kids never do anything wrong. Look at the kid who is suing the school for not giving him what he needs.
He gave a teacher a concussion and sent her to the hospital and is suing the school for not stopping him.
The teacher is always to blame (did you make sure they were challenged? Did you make sure he felt secure? Etc). [/quote]

The situation in Newport News is what happens when you have the trifecta of an unsupportive parent, unsupportive principal, and bad policy. The parent tried to go on national tv and put blame on her because “her son felt ignored” and he has adhd. This is an extreme example, but these behavioral situations are not as rare as we would like to think. Teachers only take 2 or 3 base level psychology classes when they are in college. The behavioral and therapy work that these kids need is far out of our scope of practice but they still end up in our rooms.[/quote]

+1. I'll add that if a kid is in 5th grade and one teacher between K-5 claims the kid needs a more restrictive placement due to behaviors, it really might not be a great personality match with the kid and that teacher. If a kid is in 5th grade and every teacher since kindergarten has said the same thing, the teachers aren't wrong. It's negligent for schools to gaslight teachers and insinuate it's a failure of classroom management when the same thing has happened with multiple teachers over the years.
Also, there should be a zero tolerance policy for physical assault or threats of physical assault toward staff, especially at the secondary level. That should go to the hearings office the first time it happens with OSS in the meantime. If it's a manifestation of the child's disability, they need to be in a classroom with a crisis response team on constant standby.[/quote]

I'm an early primary teacher and I think there needs to be a zero tolerance policy towards even our youngest students regarding being physically aggressive with staff or threatening them.  Students who do that need more support than can be had in the gen Ed room.  Kids who make threats or hit, kick, etc staff members?  That should trigger an immediate move to a behavioral sped room.  Such students can either learn to self regulate there and then return to gen Ed after a period of time OR they can be diagnosed and treated and if they truly cannot self regulate themselves then great, in the behavior room they stay.  I'm sorry, I don't care if they are 5.  I've had 5 year olds threaten me and it is no fun wondering if today is the day they actually bring in a weapon.  It happens.[/quote]

Yup. And I had an admin say well what do you want me to do....ummm the child is destroying my room kicking me and scratching my IA and screaming non-stop for 25 minutes-do something anything so I can teach all the other students I have. I'm tired of these students and their parents ruining the school day for everyone. No one wants to teach like this anymore because you know what it's not teaching and the other students are not learning.[/quote]

I also think parents of special needs kids have too much power. They can deny a placement if they want to. I gave seen parents who refuse to put child in a self contained class or transfer to an ED Center. [/quote]
Their lawyers and advocates who are making a good living off of SPED families would beg to differ.[/quote]
Yup....IEP=billable hours and taking teachers away from their classrooms. Vicious circle.[/quote]

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