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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]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 t[b]here should be a para dedicated to working with this child.[/b][/quote]

Pulling this out because I think it is very relevant that this child was a Kindergartner who appears to have not been in the system (Child Find or Head Start) until beginning K. Speaking from experience, it is next to impossible to get an additional 1 to 1 paraprofessional allocation after the start of the school year. It takes massive amounts of documentation, which probably explains the teacher videotaping the child's violent meltdown in the classroom, and a savvy administrator to get MCPS to cough up an extra allocation.

It appears that this child needed more help than a mainstream elementary school can provide. That's fine, and is not a slander against the child. He needs help. But the system is set up so that help is almost impossible to access mid-year. I fault the school for a lot of things here, but not the fact that they couldn't magic up an additional paraprofessional spot in the middle of the school year for a child who had only been in the public school system for four months at that point. [/quote]

You were very lucky.  MCPS was a nightmare for us.  Zero help.  It’s very school and child specific.  This child needs a school and parent like you.

My son needed a 1:1 and the principal put in for one.  But it wasn’t quick.  The principal had been an AP at an elem school with SESES program.  I have no idea how he did his principal job but for 2 months he was my kids 1:1 while we got him a 1:1.  While the 1:1 request was pending, he also asked for an assessment to enable my kid to access the SN programs.  He told me that we should take which ever comes through first—1:1 or placement.  I love love love this principal.  He would ask me to meet with him before an IEP meeting and we would essentially pre-game.  He would run through what he would say, what the assessors would say, and then tell me what I needed to say or ask.  Because of him, my kid is an SN program where he can be successful.

We ended up with the 1:1 support first.  The principal and I both agreed that my son needed more support.  We finally had the placement meeting in late April.  With 2.5 months of school left, the principal suggested that my son not be moved until the start of the following yr and the 1:1 remain.  He was one of the kindest, compassionate people I have ever met.[/quote][/quote]

Wonderful.  Glad it worked out for your child.  [/quote]

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