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[quote=Anonymous]The video is heartbreaking to watch but SO many issues at play in this situation. The child assaulted a teacher and several classmates and then ran out of the building. They said the other students in the classroom were terrified and had to “take cover” from this child. It seems he has done this several times. Mom does give props to the school, and said her friends in NY can’t believe how patient the teachers are, and likes that they don’t give up on the kids.

Mom seems to need help - she was rambling on about how her son is spoiled and that he is acting like this because he doesn’t get what he wants...also mentioned the child is like this because the father is 60 and too old. This is a family in crisis.

MoCo police were responding to this child like he was a 21 year old adult, not a 5 year old child! It seems the (white) admin were afraid to go against the (black) police and mother. Police officers claim to be old-school and, and how they would have been beaten if they were the child in this situation. Unfortunately, this is not uncommon, and illustrates why there is a need for a SLO officer at each school (including elementary school) THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY TRANED in child development and responding appropriately in a crisis situations. Obviously, the way you respond to a five year old in crisis is much different than how you would respond to a 15 year old in crisis; however, BOTH situations would need someone who is compassionate and firm.

I am a teacher, and have had several students with similar behaviors (at the beginning of the school year, in non-COVID times). The primary focus is to contain the situation and make sure everyone is safe. When you have a child in your class that elopes, it should be a code red issue, and there should be a para dedicated to working with this child. The child needs consistency, and to be given one-step directions at a time, with clear consequences explained. Many students have experienced trauma, and while individualized therapy and treatment is always going to be the most beneficial, everyone can benefit by using art as a way to express themselves. I give all of my students multiple opportunities through art to help with processing their feelings - I love the idea of a calm down corner (all MCPS classes have to have one), and although the goal is for students to know they have a safe place where they can get themselves together, MOST five-year-olds are not able to regulate their feelings to the point of thinking “I’m feeling angry, let me go sit in the calm down corner.”

I firmly believe in the statement “kids do well when they can,” meaning that kids displaying certain negative behaviors either don’t have the language to articulate what’s going on, or there are special needs that need to be addressed.

It was appalling the way police officers spoke to this five-year-old child, and brought back chilling memories of watching the Netflix documentary series about Gabriel Hernandez, a child that was beaten to death, and and several occasions, had police and CPS workers come to his house and treat him as if he were the criminal, even putting him in the back of a police car for lying/misbehaving.

I hope that the family in this MCPS situation receives compensation but that it be earmarked specifically for therapy and education.[/quote]

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