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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do think the pendulum has swung a little too far in terms of the inclusion philosophy at public schools.  It's not fair to the teachers or the neurotypical students when there are students in the class who have needs that can't be met in a normal classroom.

If the schools had the resources to provide sufficient staff to help teachers manage those students it might be a different story.  But they don't.[/quote]

Yep, this. It is really unfair the majority of kids that they are held hostage by other kids with these issues. [b]If you are a parent of a child who disrupts the learning of all the other kids, how do you justify yourself? Don’t you feel bad[/b]?[/quote]
They don’t. Their job as a parent is to push what’s best for their kid. Doesn’t matter if your kid is steamrolled in the process. You, and all other parents of kids impacted by behaviorally challenged kids should have the same philosophy. Instead you are expected to have empathy and “give grace”.[/quote]
So true. It can't be said out loud but it really is true.

My kids are in high school now but I remember a few of the behavior kids from when they were younger. I remember a parent would say they would do anything to keep their kid in the normal classroom because they don't want their kids around "those kids". Meaning the kids in the special schools. All I could think was didn't they realize their own kid was one of "those" kids to the other kids in the general classroom? They didn't want to subject their own kids to "those kids" but didn't have a problem subjecting other kids to their kid.

I volunteered as a scout leader when my kids were also younger. If we would go on a field trip/camp overnight, [b]it was always amazing that the parents of the kids with the behavior problems NEVER volunteered to come on the field trip/overnight. [/b]They would just want to drop their kid off and expect all the other volunteers to deal with their kid. I remember this one time after a weekend trip in which the kid was just so misbehaved, we talked to the parents asking what was up. They neglected to write on the health form their daughter had ADHD. They neglected to give her her medicine during that weekend because they liked to give her breaks from medicine on weekend. WTF?

I don't think majority of parents are equipped to truly parent kids with special needs that result in behavior problems. They are too tired when they come home from work to probably really work with their kids. They are exhausted themselves and want other people to deal with the problems. They don't want to have different kids. They want their kids to be in general classrooms even though they shouldn't be. They also don't want their kids around "those" kids.[/quote]

This. Not exactly the same, but there's one mom who does "volunteer" for room parties who has a really disruptive kid, but she literally sits in a corner and plays on her phone. Doesn't help at all, not even with her own kid. Her kid was being a hateful little $hit at the last party and I actually said to her "Larla, please do not speak to me that way." Her mom was like 3 feet away and she didn't even look up. [/quote]

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