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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish. We need to bring back alternative schools for this very reason. Some kids do not deserve to be in a classroom with others. I don't care if that is mean and heartless. It's the truth.

It took my DD being diagnosed with PTSD before the county would even move HER to another classroom. Not the disruptive boy, but her.

The boy in question had multiple meltdowns each week that caused the class to evacuate. He sometimes threw objects at the teacher and other students as they were fleeing. He hit and kicked the teacher and his aide on several occasions that DD and other classmates witnessed. His IEP/504 whatever called for him to be allowed to rage-it-out to calm himself. The cute classroom that DD visited before the school year started was quickly dismantled into a drab, empty space with as few loose objects as possible. The teacher removed most posters, removed alternative seating, kept books in rubbermaid totes instead of on the bookshelf, kept all art supplies locked away, etc. It was honestly depressing to see the classroom on back to school night in comparison to the other 4th grade classrooms.

DD became a nervous wreck in school waiting for the next thing to set him off. The Admin's first (and only) step was to move her desk as far away from him as possible and to put him as close to the teacher as possible. She was biting her nails down to bloody stumps and constantly had a stomachache, so we contacted a therapist. She went in for an evaluation and the therapist was floored to hear the incidents DD described. She said it was one of the worst cases she'd heard about. Imagine that, a child psychologist, someone who was trained to do the evals on kids with ADHD and autism, was shocked. She diagnosed DD with PTSD. It still took weeks after that but we were able to get the school to move DD to a new classroom and have it noted in her file that she can never be in a classroom with that kid again. [/quote]

This is awful. i'm so sorry your DD went through this.[/quote]

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