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Wrong, at least for many with special needs. It isn't a matter of knowing right from wrong, and for these kids discipline doesn't teach right from wrong. When they are in crisis mode, "fight or flight" kicks in. They cannot think rationally. What they haven't learned is how to regulate to keep from getting to that point, and this is where the schools need to focus the attention. Not in what to do when the child is upset, but in figuring out why the child is upset and teaching the child skills to deal with those feelings. When the school just kicks the kid out, or warehouses them off in a separate school, the skills are never learned and the kid ends up in prison. [/quote]

If the kid is in crisis mode 3x per week and physically harming other students, the current placement isn't working. The rights of the two dozen other students to a safe and appropriate learning environment matter too. [/quote]

Maybe, maybe not. Kid shouldn't be kicked out of school because of an unwillingness on the part of the school to provide supports and accommodations to which the child is entitled, and which may be required under an IEP. I'll grant you that something isn't working, but it may not be the placement. However, my response above was in reference to the statement that it was a lack of discipline that leads to the kid ending up in jail. It isn't that simple. [/quote]

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