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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the alternative? I'm not being snarky. Restraining the child? Medicating the child? A lot of these kids are physically harming the teacher or other students. Obviously if they aren't a harm to others they shouldn't be in this room, but plenty of the kids are a harm to others. [/quote]

First federal law mandates that all children have free access to education in this country. Don't assume that the kids in these classes have no value, are incapable of learning, or get no benefit from learning.

Don't assume that these kids are physically harming anyone.

One of the most important things to understand is that students who are put in these rooms or restrained are often NOT being violent or out of control. When restraint and seclusion are used, they will eventually be abused and that abuse then becomes the norm. We have so many cases in my county where students were put in seclusion for cursing, for moving too slow, or for making noises that annoyed the teachers. In Loudoun county a student in a self contained class took a photo of another student who had been shoved behind filing cabinets so the two teachers in her room could stop and get on Facebook. The student wasn't being violent.

Often the kids who are subject to this are "elopers". We've had cases where sros have tackled and hurt these kids.

Often the training given to teachers is useless. School systems rarely evaluate the training given to their staff and there is an attitude that since they provided something, everything is fine.  Also the people who are aides in these classes often have little training or education themselves.

The reality is that many school administrators have no sympathy for these students and don't want the bother. They are usually as ignorant as the worst parents. If you go to teach in special ed and at your core feel that these kids are less than, there are going to be problems.[/quote]

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