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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By luck, that child is not in our child's class.  As far as we know, there are no special needs children in our child's class this year.  The school disciplinary reports have stopped.  And although we never said anything whatsoever, our child has come to understand that those bad behaviors are not acceptable in the classroom or at home.  [/quote]

I hate to break it to you but the probability of that happening, even in AAP unless they are discriminating, is probably zero. There are always children with some kind of special needs in every public school classroom in America. It's great you are trying to teach your child to be inclusive but you should not blame the special needs child for your own child's behavior issues last year. My DS is friends with a child with some behavioral issues at school and has never imitated him. I don't consider the friendship to be my child's way of being "inclusive." He likes this child and they have similar interests. I also think he gets a lot out of being this child's friend because he has learned empathy, how to be supportive, how to be loyal, how to see the positive in every person. [/quote]

If you are referring to the well-known phenomenon of the gifted, learning-disabled child, then my partner and I am fully aware of that issue.  We welcome our child sharing a classroom with children of similar academic abilities whether or not the other children in AAP have learning disabilities (and yes - many do.  Look it up).

It is an entirely separate issue as to the main-streamed special needs child with all the behavioral problems who shared our child's class last year.  "Special needs" is a vague and broad descriptor. [/quote]

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