I have an idea for how to treat the teacher.
Until you have been in a teacher's shoes, trying to control a class full of undisciplined children who are raised by overly permissive parents, you will never understand how a teacher will sometimes search for innovative ways to bring a child to the understanding that some behavior is NOT socially acceptable by his peers. Sometimes the only thing that will make sense to a child is being accepted by peers.
Naturally, this would not hold true for an autistic child, but as I said before..... do we know the teacher had any idea that this child might be autistic. And lets be honest, the child has not yet been diagnosed, perhaps they will find that he is not autistic after all. As Rawhide so appropriately pointed out, "who knows?" So let's don't be so quick to judge this teacher!!
A root cause of these issues is the underlying notion that disabled people are normal.
They are not normal no mater how much much we pass laws and issue decelerations stating that they are.
This kid's revolting & disgusting behavior may be no more than picking his nose and eating the contents, something that is fairly common among young children, or something much worse, such as taking toys and hitting children without any warning.
In any case, there is a process to be followed, and having a child voted out of the classroom is not part of that process. The classroom is seldom a democracy. Usually, it is, at best, a benevolent despotism, and kindergarten may be a good place to start teaching democracy, but not by voting a child out because others don't like him. Among other things, they may not like him because he has darker or lighter skin than they do, straight or kinky hair, or speak in a different language or dialect.
Put the teacher on live TV and let people call in an tell her why she should be voted out of her profession and out of the city.
Mainstreaming once again rears it’s ugly head.
I have an idea for how to treat the teacher.
Is this one of those “proper schools” that you were referring to on the FLDS thread?
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The behavior of this teacher is appalling. Granted, one child should never be allowed to disrupt the entire class. Furthermore, as a specialized teacher who has taught a number of Asperger’s kids, I can assure you that it takes a lot of skill to be able to successfully teach children with this disorder. Obviously, this teacher was in over her head, at the end of her rope, and lacked the skills to work with this child. That certainly doesn’t excuse her actions.
Hopefully, the parents will be able to find a private school for special needs children. This kiddo will probably never be able to function in a class of 24 kids but could handle a small class setting with teachers who know how to address his behavioral and academic needs.
another victim of childhood vaccinations. (well that is what I have read on numerous postings).
This type of behavior just makes me sick. I have Asperger’s, so I know it is difficult enough to deal with without having an idiot teacher pull a stunt like this.
There needs to be a balance. This child's “rights” should not take precedence over the “rights” of other children; and this child needs help which cannot be provided in this classroom.
And yet, here on Free Republic, the premier place where compassionate conservatives come to express themselves, you see some posters persist in mocking retarded people.
And when ask to desist, refuse to do so.
Mods, to my knowledge, do not admonish the mockers.
And so, of course, it continues.
Cool.
This teacher needs to be fired. Her proper course of action would have been to take Alex to the principal’s office and then lock the classroom door.
Clearly, there needs to be separate classrooms (and maybe separate buildings) for kids who are constant distractions and who are incapable of functioning in a normal group setting. It is not fair to the rest of the kids to have to be subjected to kids who cannot control themselves.
Kids like Alex need to be warehoused together and supervised by people who can deal with them. Mental health professionals can then determine if there is hope for a return to a normal school setting for these kids and if so, develop the appropriate program. Those kids who cannot be normalized should remain in the holding pen and given whatever meds they need and whatever instruction they can handle, sort of like a typical inner-city school. As long as the hours are the same as they are for the regular school, the parents probably won’t care.