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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, this is terrible. I agree with a PP that the failure is the school’s. They should not be “normalizing” it. This is a child in need of intervention and likely a different placement. The fault isn’t yours and it isn’t the child’s. The school and the parents have to figure out an alternative solution. [/quote]

Thanks.  
So far they are intervening by [b]involving the social worker, bringing in a BCBA, bringing in a full time TA, [/b]using a chart, etc.  Of course, now instead of hitting just me, he hits the TA too.  
We've actually had 4 days in a row where he hasn't hit or kicked either of us, so perhaps we're seeing a glimmer of hope.  But yeah, the first 8 weeks of school have been hugely disrupted, my entire class is behind academically and socially because of it (I have spent so much time dealing with his behavior, a lot of other lessons I'd normally do haven't happened).  I can't really report an injury to anyone because except for once, he hasn't hit or kicked hard enough to do any true damage.  Once though, he kicked so hard and so long that I had to put an object between us.

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DP. I'm impressed your district is doing all of that. This should be the norm after the first incidence of aggression, and it shouldn't take 8 weeks of data before it happens. Hopefully the student's behavior continues to improve. If it doesn't, don't hesitate to report it as an assault as others have said.[/quote]

I'm impressed by your school's efforts too. It sounds like everyone, you, the school, even the child too, is trying and it's just an awful situation all around. It sounds like they have the right supports into place now and things will either stabilize or the child will continue to act out and they will have enough data for the child to find a more appropriate school program.

Teacher - You have been a really calm and balanced force in this thread. I've seen a number of other threads like this with teachers launching into hostile rants about the kid and then talking about how much they hate their jobs and aren't paid enough and it's nice to read posts from a person who is trying to be fair to everyone. I hope you continue to be you and keep teaching. [/quote]

Yeah, I think you might have missed a post or two.  I do hate this part of my job, tbh, while loving other parts. I have had a lot of resentful feelings towards the child. But I am still trying, not allowing any of the students to see how I really feel, making sure each day the child gets positive feedback and a snuggle, and giving him praise for anytime he does not hit.  (We've got a little sign language thing going on where I reassure him that I still love him.) We are coaching him through naming his feelings and using more appropriate ways to express them.  I have a few more years and plan to retire from the field in a couple of years, way earlier than I really should. I'm just exhausted by it all. This is a job for young kids in their 20's not women in their 50's. [/quote]

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