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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do think the pendulum has swung a little too far in terms of the inclusion philosophy at public schools.  It's not fair to the teachers or the neurotypical students when there are students in the class who have needs that can't be met in a normal classroom.

If the schools had the resources to provide sufficient staff to help teachers manage those students it might be a different story.  But they don't.[/quote]

Yep, this. It is really unfair the majority of kids that they are held hostage by other kids with these issues. If you are a parent of a child who disrupts the learning of all the other kids, how do you justify yourself? Don’t you feel bad?[/quote]

You clearly have not spent much time on the SN forum.  All we feel is bad.  All the time we feel bad.  I advocated unsuccessfully for aids and pull outs.  I punished at home.  I medicated him.   I took time off work to take him to special therapies.  I bought books like “personal space camp”  and “my mother is a volcano”.  I worked with the teacher and admin to come up with work around and says to avoid triggers.  I took more time off work to go to all the class parties and field trips that the teacher would permit me to attend so that other parents did not have to manage him.  I tried dietary changes and supplements.  Yes, I know many kids still found him disruptive.  He’s a teenage now and many of those kids now like him, at least some of the time.  If there was more I could do, I would have done it.    You don’t really know what parents have and haven’t tried.  By the way, although he has had his disruptive moments, he is also a sweet kid that often helped teachers and was a fiercely loyal friend, often standing up for kids that were bullied and never judging anyone.  [/quote]

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