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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It also seemed to me like the teacher was just setting him up for an ED placement at that point—she says in a low voice a couple of times that the wheels are in motion with a meeting later that week.  And the fact that she was recording the child and had it ready to go on her cell phone.  Given what happened, I would not be surprised if she decided to call the PD, rather than incentivize the boy to return to school, because she thought it would be a helpful point in getting the kid removed from her class.

Even though I think the police and school staff behaved terribly here, I was also pretty disappointed in Don Lemon’s coverage of it last night, and the Jawanda interview.  Lemon clearly had not watched the  while video because he made several statements that were inconsistent with the totality of the video.  Jawanda also used it to make a point about how authorities often treat black boys as older than they are—I agree with him that’s a real issue but I don’t think that’s what’s going on here.  These adults just had no idea how to deal with a child that is emotionally disregulated.  Some people just have no concept that not every child reacts well to the authoritarian mode.  Clearly race came into play—I don’t think they would have felt empowered to act this way if the kid was white.  I think they felt like it was “all in the family” because they were all black so they could get up in the mom’s business.  And then the school employees are just trying to get rid of the kid anyway.   I agree he seems like a sweet kid who has huge issues with emotional regulation and probably lives in fear of a lot of things.  There’s maybe also some undiagnosed LDs that make school really triggering for him, since the mom says he does not have episodes at home, but it may just be sensory stuff.  I wonder whether he went to preschool—there are lots of kids who do find at home but whose SNs only come out in a school setting.[/quote]

Its not that simple and yes, they would treat a white kid that way.  This isn't simple sensory stuff and sensory is an OT term not diagnosis that's way over used.  This child needs a special placement.[/quote]

I do not want a child like that in class with my child with SN (self-contained classroom). With that child's extremely violent behavior the only place is the extensions program where they'd be able to restrain him and de-escalate the situation. The mom is at fault for not getting her child the proper help he needs. [/quote]

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