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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm OK with what the school and police did. If it was my own child, I think that would have been the best option since it also restrains the child from hurting him/herself.[/quote]

Obviously you don't have a child with special needs - or emotional problems. Schools need to be able to handle situations like this. The little girl was SIX.

I'm curious - did you read the article? You don't even know if it was a boy or girl. [/quote]

Not the PP you're quoting but two of my three kids have SNs and are in elementary school.  We have excellent discipline, structure and routine at home.  We work closely with the school staff and, by all accounts, exceptional partners with the school.  In third grade, my youngest (who is in general and special ed classrooms) had his triannual re-evalution and qualified for an IEP based on specific learning disability and emotional disability.  He has problems regulating his emotions and his disruptions were escalating.  The school did an excellent functional behavior analysis, brought in counselors and behavior specialists to work with/observe him and we developed a crisis plan.   Very, very few staff are trained how to restrain a student and if those staff aren't available when my DS was in crisis, we know the police will be called.  What else is the school supposed to do?

I'm sorry the girl experienced what she did and perhaps the police had a better way of handling it but I'm not familiar with how those situations are handled.  It doesn't sound unreasonable given the circumstances.  I've not seen anything from the parents that would indicate their outrage is justified.  They're better off putting their energy towards identifiying triggers and working with the school to develop a behavior improvement plan.[/quote]

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