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From the article:

“An incident report filed by police noted that the 4-foot tall girl ‘was destroying school property, attacking staff, out of control, and running out of school.

‘The subject has been diagnosed with disruptive mood, disregulation disorder, and is prescribed Adderall,’ it continued.

Nadia was diagnosed with ADHD in 2017 and is waiting for test results to determine whether she has autism. Nadia is on medication for mental health issues and is in a special needs class”

All that and shes only six?

*All that and shes only six?*

I have had 4 y/o pre-schoolers out of control. Damage property and other children. Par for the course.

Many of these kids are being raised by siblings. I ask, where was momma? In jail w/ a drug habit, more likely. The dad? What father?

Gone is the day when kids were raised by a frying pan toting grandma who ruled the roost. She would have come to the school and pulled the kid by the ear, all the way home. And put the child to bed w/out any supper.

Today, a guardian shows up with an ombudsman, pro bono lawyer and a social worker. Times have changed.

Sending the kid to a hospital was extreme but that is where our information fades into the sensationalism of the story.

Was she a risk to herself or others? Did she inflict physical damage on anyone in the school? Did her parent(s) refuse to deal with recommended treatment prior to this?

One little understood fact is that students in special ed have advocates assigned to them. The advocate's job is to serve the child and the family, not the school district. Where is there a mention of this? It is unlikely that a drastic action like this case would take place without the knowledge of the advocate, and the consent.

We don't know yet, based on the story, but the answers will come out in about a week. That is how the media works with this kind of story.

Nadia was diagnosed with ADHD in 2017 and is waiting for test results to determine whether she has autism. Nadia is on medication for mental health issues and is in a special needs class”

When I was in high school, our senior year we had community days on Wednesdays, and my group was Partners in PE, where we went out to elementary schools around the area and helped the special needs class. Supposed to be just PE, but my school was small and only had a single class, so we just stayed with them the whole time. If this chick was already in a special needs class, then they should already know her issues, and be prepared to deal with them. If they're good enough to attend regular classes, usually a special needs attendent will take them there/back, and sometimes even stay through the class, depending on the kid. If her issues were known to be so bad they had to arrest her for two days, it seems they should have already moved her to a higher-level special needs class that could handle her, and she definitely wouldn't be attending any regular classes.

My guess would be that they either had a new teacher or a sub in the special needs class that had little or no training on special needs. Or, they weren't following usual protocol and let her out on her own when they weren't supposed to.