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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  We have worked a lot with DC and there has been much improvement since kinder.  But this is FIRST grade and immaturity should not come as a surprise.  There have been other children recently being pushed into special ed as part of what seems like a wave at the school.  But my intention was to ask a much broader question.  Allow me to rephrase:

Do you think a school should be able to use special education as a tool to segregate the well behaved from the ill behaved if there is no danger of physical harm?  Yes I understand the argument of affecting others. But special education was never intended as a tool to "help others".  Perhaps something else should be in place for that like a BMP? Thanks.[/quote]

You keep saying things like moving "into" special ed and "segregating".
It sounds like you actually have no clue how special education works.  I don't believe for one second that there is a "wave" of pushing kids into self contained classrooms and out of their regular classroom.

The law is that students must be served in the least restrictive environment - for the vast majority of kids with IEPs, that's in their regular general ed classroom.  In all likelihood, your child would get an IEP that keeps him in his regular classroom but offers him (and the teacher) some extra supports and has him into some pull-out groups or classes.

Has the school specifically told you they want your child in a self contained classroom?  Because if so, your child's behavior must be *extraordinarily* out of the main stream - there are usually several steps (often years!) of effort before a kid is moved to a self contained classroom. (Obviously that depends on the disability, and some kids certainly start in self contained classrooms, but that's not what we're talking about here.)

And yes, I do think the school should be allowed to separate children *to help the children learn* regardless of danger of physical harm.  Most classroom teachers with 25 six year olds do not have the time or resources to deliver the curriculum to their classroom if one child's behavior is extremely negative.  And the child with the behavior issues is clearly not access the curriculum if they aren't participating and paying attention.  The fact that that kid hasn't (yet) done anything to harm another child is really neither here not there.

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