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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] OP here. Thankfully, my child's teacher is willing to get trained, because my child can't progress without support from the person she is with for hours every day.[/quote]

Trained in what? As an educator, I have advanced training in my content area and in the practice of teaching. Additionally, I have undergone about 8 hours of training in trauma-sensitive practices, and two hours annually on identifying and properly referring students to the appropriate professional for mental health crises. I am of course empathetic and provide lots of encouragement and accommodations to my students who seem to need extra care with their mental health struggled (which I am often not privy to due to co7but am expected to read from their behavior). What additional training has your child’s teacher had that you think I need and am unwilling to get?[/quote]

If you are the pp I responded to, you're the one who said it's not your job to learn how to help a child with mental illness.

The training is specific to her condition. Her weekly sessions with the therapist can only go so far, she needs reinforcement on a daily basis. It's actually not complicated to learn and certainly doesn't require 8 hours of training. But the training is absolutely essential. The alternative is my child remains severely impaired, so I do not have a choice about wherher to ask the teacher to do this.[/quote]

A teacher can support but this is your primary responsibility and if the mental health is that serious, your child may need another program as its not realistic to expect a teacher to teach and handle it.  A teacher can look out for signs and communicate with you but ultimately you need to help and get them help.  it is complicated if a teacher has 150 other students.[/quote]

A self contained classroom would not be appropriate for her condition, and OF COURSE it is my primary responsibility, I have done my own much longer training. She is entitled to accommodations and to be in the least restrictive environment possible. My point is teachers can have a vital role in supporting children with mental illness that goes beyond just "identifying" it but also does not involve talk therapy. When you are the adult around children for six hours a day you have an enormous influence on them. In my experience teachers welcome the opportunity to learn how to best support their students.[/quote]

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