I am having a rough time with a sixth-grade autistic kid in one of my classes. He constantly claims other kids are attacking him etc., and it is ridiculous. He should not be in class, but thanks to the federal government least restrictive environment regulations, I have to deal with it and my entire class is disrupted.
I have enough difficulty just getting my classes to be quiet and listen to me, virtually impossible. This makes it worse. He is a great kid, and I care for him a lot.
But, sometimes....you can’t mainstream special needs kids.
“I am having a rough time with a sixth-grade autistic kid in one of my classes. He constantly claims other kids are attacking him etc., and it is ridiculous. He should not be in class, but thanks to the federal government least restrictive environment regulations, I have to deal with it and my entire class is disrupted.”
Does he have an aide assigned to help him? Have you been trained to deal with autistic kids? what subject do you teach?
He sounds like he is high functioning. Usually Autistics do not relate well enough to other people to regard them as threats.
The special education classes are not the place for high functioning autistics. They would be if the special education teachers had the time and resourses to teach exactly what is taught in the regular classes. They do not, so the special classes can’t even teach what the slow regular classes teach. By putting this child in special class you will condemn him to a third class existence.
Take him aside and tell him to toughen up. Put him on the front row. Also, remeber you won’t have him next year.
Bless you...you are an Angel!
But yet all the parents of “special” children on this thread will call you inadequate and ill prepared to care for their children. Good luck, Angel. Hang in there!
Especially when,
1) you have yeachers such as yourself teaching them;
2) the child has no supports to speak of;
3) there are no clear and consistent behavior modifications being utilized by any and all professional and paraprofessionals who work with him.
Your comments “and it is ridiculous” really sicken me to the core. I guess when you got the calling to teach children your calling was limited to typical children.
Your school district is failing this student. You as his teacher and IEP team member should be fighting to get the services he so critically needs.
But poor dear you have enough difficulty just teaching the “normal” kids, so I don’t hold out much hope you actually do the job you were contracted to do and by law are mandated to do for this child.