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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this is a new trend in special needs. Teaching them skills to cope instead of special placements.

I would argue that the actual cafeteria gets the volume lowered. It's SO loud.[/quote]

This. I'm all for skill building over time, but gradually.  It's loud AF, and they're in a room with 24 other kids allllll day. It's fine for them to need a break. I don't know how teachers deal. Nobody should have to put up with that noise level all day long, period.

And yes this is about staffing.[/quote]

I can't believe adults in this forum actually believe that kids with disabilities just need to work on skill building. It's amazing that you think some of the issues that lead to the need for quiet spaces just require skill building. Some of you really don't understand these disabilities. I'd be so embarrassed if I was you. [/quote]

Exposure therapy is the only scientifically proven therapy for a a lot of things. As a parent with a young adult who has been given many accomadations over the years because they became dysregulated in a lot of situations they find uncomfortable, I look back and wish we had done less accomadating and more "skills building." If the goal is to move the kid into "regular" lunch, then, they are going to have to build a tolerance. [/quote]

Fair, but I think lots of NT kids struggle to tolerate lunch with several hundred kids in an echoing cafeteria, it's awful. Why shouldn't there be better options for everybody? I feel like the consistent message of "suck it up" hurts everybody.[/quote]

I agree that there should be options for everyone in a perfect world. I know for my own kid (who is now a young adult), they very much feel like the world should bend to their needs a bit (or a lot depending on the situation). Adulthood is a big adjustment for them. [/quote]

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