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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can’t believe that there still aren’t protests in the streets from teachers about least restrictive environment. Yet they’re stressed out and quitting in droves. Do you guys not realize that the public would be behind you on this? You just need to make some noise so lawmakers notice the problem and start asking the public what they want. Laws can be changed.[/quote]

You want schools to segregate kids with developmental disabilities into separate classrooms? No, the public would not be behind you on that. Particularly not once parents of those children told their side of it.

The “f ‘em” attitude that the DMV has for children with autism, ADHD, and other developmental disorders is pretty incredible. Particularly from teachers.[/quote]

Yes, we want disruptive kids in separate classes. Yes, the “public” would go for that.[/quote]

I agree.  While there is sympathy for kids with developmental disabilities, we've gone overboard in accommodating them.  Yes, we should provide support in place for those who need help, but are not disruptive.  But at this point, there are quite a number of very violent, tempermental and disruptive children with various special needs who should not be accommodated in the classroom with NT children.  As I mentioned above, my child was in a class with one of these children and 25 children had significant disruptions to their class.  Many children that shared a class with this child had physical injuries from this child's tantrums (including mine).  But the child's IEP said that they needed to handle the child in class.  On numerous occasions when he had one of his fits, 25 other children had to file out into the hallway and spend half of a class in the hallway while a specialist that was not in the class had to come and calm him down sufficient to allow the class to resume.  Children were frequently struck by thrown items:  books, toys, furniture.  On one day, a $400 chromebook was thrown on the ground.

Children who become physically disruptive and aggressive need to be removed from the regular classrooms.  Public schools should NOT be required to handle such children in the mainstream classrooms.

Yes, the majority of the public would be behind that.  Not all learning disabled children are equal and can be equally handled by instructors without special training and they should not have to.  [/quote]

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