“Proper behavior modifications only change behavior over the course of time. That doesn’t stop a single incident from causing harm.”
They’ll never work if they’re not used. The risk of harm can’t be taken out of anything. Districts lower that risk by giving teachers the proper training and the resources needed to teach each child.
“With all due respect to the teachers at your son’s school, those children aren’t this child. Each case is unique.”
Again, that’s why each child has their own individual IEP.
This kids ARD committee determined he could be mainstreamed, now what other things he needed, I have no idea, but whatever they were, the district is obligated to provide them.
“This is just another example of passing judgment on school employees without having walked in their shoes.”
If this is about the post to rwfromkansas, you should check out rwfromkansas passing judgment on a disabled student. The teacher also seemed to pass judgment on an entire program, not one unique case at a time.
I do wonder how I passed judgment on him by simply saying what he does on a daily basis?
That doesn’t make him a bad kid. When I am able to truly work with him one-on-one, things are fine. But, that is extremely rare due to the content I am teaching.
I have to help everyone, and I have no aide or para to assist.
Thus, he can be very disruptive. Today was great since I had the rare opportunity to give him the one-on-one attention needed....but I normally can’t.