You need a Functional Behavior Assessment. This will identify causes of the behavior and recommend ways of preventing/responding to it. The school psychologist can perform one.

Thanks. That’s the thing- I’m not really not sure. My guess is that at his old school he knew almost all the teachers. He’d stop in the hallway and knock on doors to say hello ect.(before school started ect). My guess is that even though it’s a new school- he might assume he knows the people behind the doors in the hallway, and wants to stop & check it out. I know it sounds far fetched- but knocking on doors and saying ‘hello’ is one of his favorite things in the world.
And yes- I’m sure that someone could. But that deprives the other kids in the class of the ratio they might also require to remain safe. And- they can scoop up a 5yo- but not when he is 10.

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In a real emergency, could the teacher pickup or drag your son to safety?

This is exactly what I do with my student who does the same (he's small enough to carry in a fire drill or unsafe situation) I would not worry about that part OP, unless the classroom is severely understaffed.

So sorry. Start with school psych if he or she is onsite every day. At least at my school, there’s paperwork that the parent has to process to allow the private psych to come observe.

What is triggering the body drop?

In a real emergency, could the teacher pickup or drag your son to safety?

DS is in kindergarten & went to full time PS. He is low verbal and in a self contained ASD room. We really enjoy his room & teachers. They have been reporting things like ‘unsafe hands’ (hitting) and @ start of the year wandering/elopement. He does like to do his own thing- but the hitting was something we had never experienced. We worked with team on finding replacement behaviors- and it’s working well. Now the latest- he body drops. Full on- in the hallway will lay on the floor. The teacher was explaining this to me- but I actually saw it on Wednesday when I picked him up early. Class was on the way back from music (I was behind him & he didn’t see me). In the middle of walking he sprawled out on the floor.
I get that all behavior is communication & that all behavior meets a need. My question is- what is the next level of observation we need? I’m less interested in frequency and more interested in antecedents and replacement.
Do I get a private physch to come in and observe? Do I loop in school physch?
My main concern with this behavior is safety. It’s simply not safe for him to body drop in school- considering the needs for fire evacuations/active shooter ect.