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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year, my DC had behavioral issues at school. Not aggression or violent, but disruptive, having trouble getting along with classmates, talking out of turn, ignoring the teacher,  getting up and going to the bathroom without asking for permission, shutting down and refusing to do work when stressed out, etc. I got calls from the school counselor and assistant principal, emails from the teacher. DC has an IEP for specific learning disability and OHI (anxiety, ADHD). DC is also impulsive. I asked for an IEP meeting,  We were concerned about what was happening, the behavior was very problematic.

At the IEP meeting, the school team minimized the problem. I told the school team if the behavior wasn't such a problem, how come we were getting calls and emails on a weekly basis, sometimes couple of times per week. I asked for a consultation with a behavioral intervention specialist. She did two short observations and said DC's behavior was appropriate. The school did not think the behavioral issue warranted a functional behavioral assessment. They added a few stupid goals in the IEP which didn't help. I continued to get calls and emails. We had rewards and consequences at home for school behavior. We were at a loss and can't figure out why the school refused to do a functional behavioral assessment even though there was documentation that the behavior adversely affected DC's education. After the IEP meeting, all of a sudden, no calls and emails regarding poor behavior but when I would proactively ask, they would list out a bunch of issues.

Fortunately, things are going well this year. however, we were desperate for help and couldn't get the school to do an assessment or behavioral plan.  [b]Why would the school identify a behavioral issue and then be so resistant to do a functional behavioral assessment or behavioral plan[/b]? [/quote]

Simple. Because it was too much work for them. It was easier to not report to you after that meeting so you wouldn’t continue to insist on one.[/quote]

they are understaffed I'm willing to bet everyone was at their max[/quote]

This. In addition, there were several behaviors of concern but none that were severe enough to warrant a potential change in placement. Doing a FBA in a case like that is a ton of extra work and data collection and at the end of the day there aren’t enough staff to ensure a plan could be carried out with fidelity in a regular classroom.[/quote]

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