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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for the responses (mostly).  I did not intend to seem like I was asking advice for my personal situation.  I was trying to ask a more general question based on trends I see in my child's school and in many other schools as well.  But it seems regardless many of you think a special education designation should be applied for mere behavior problems to minimize disruptions to others and maybe help the offending child too.

But at least a few see things as I do-that special education should be reserved for children who struggle academically due to disability.  After all, if school standards are being raised, extra support and behavior management techniques should be standard for the general education classroom to deal with all the variations of normal.  Children shouldnt be suddenly classified as "disabled" just because Kinder is the new first grade.

As for my personal situation, we will continue working on the issues at home and waiting for maturity to kick in.  If there is not enough improvement by 2nd grade, private school might be our best option.

Food for thought:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.kars4kids.org/blog/when-to-keep-your-child-out-of-special-education/amp/

Again, thanks for the different pespectives.[/quote]

OP, I think the thing that you don't understand is that there are plenty of children who struggle academically because of disabilities that present as behavior problems. It's like you think that special education services are only for kids with cognitive delays or intellectual disabilities and not for children whose disabilities make it difficult for them to access the curriculum and/or are disrupting other students' access to the curriculum. A child with ADHD that causes the child difficulty in focusing on his or her work may present with behavior problems only, and while you may think that the child doesn't have any trouble accessing the curriculum, that is likely not the case. It is not a question of whether the child has the capacity to understand the material, which is what you seem to think.

I was a school social worker who was responsible for recommending behavioral support components of many IEPs. In my experience, it is usually difficult to get an IEP for a student who would benefit from IEP accommodations and services if that student presents with behavioral problems and no academic ones. That is what the teachers and SPED parents on this thread are telling you. The likelihood that your son's issues are more severe than you believe is a lot higher than the likelihood that the school is tracking him into SPED in order to avoid dealing with his behavior problems.

That said, I worked with a first grade boy who had an IEP and an autism spectrum diagnosis, and there was definitely a meaningful difference in his ability to access the curriculum between teachers. One of his teachers was able to work very productively with him and the other one became easily frustrated and was not able to get him to focus. So it's possible that your son's teacher just sucks. If that is the case, your son will likely benefit from working with a SPED teacher as they are usually much more experienced in managing behavior problems in general.[/quote]

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