Magic Friends...Remembering Bonny

PotteryGal

PotteryGal

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Uponastar said:
A quick good morning!
*lights a fire in the thread fireplace*
*huddles with the rest of you for warmth*

Was just reading over the story of the Hudson River crash.
Miraculous!
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Good morning Dot!
I was blown away by that pic of the passengers standing on the wings waiting for rescue boats. Amazing!
 
mpoppins76

mpoppins76

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Princessatheart

Princessatheart

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Uponastar said:
A quick good morning!
*lights a fire in the thread fireplace*
*huddles with the rest of you for warmth*

Was just reading over the story of the Hudson River crash.
Miraculous!
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Morning Dottie! :kiss: *Huddles by the fire*

WDWmazprty said:
Hablas espanol?
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Un poco.

PotteryGal said:
I am so thankful for my district - Joel had a couple of small issues the week before break, although he's never melted down to this extreme (I have seen other special needs kids do this, though). However, his teacher called me, and it was handled. I mean, we have kids that are seriously acting out, but to be honest, I can only think of one of them that I feel needs to be removed from the school. And that's because he isn't improving and sadly enough, won't. He's just getting older and stronger - but because his parents can't bear the thought of their son going to our special needs school (thru MRDD), he stays in public school.
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Your school district sounds like they handle things properly. But the other school,handcuffing a child. That is madness.
 
WDWmazprty

WDWmazprty

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Un poco.



Oh ok, just wondering. Thought I had a fellow latino in the room :D. But hey, its always good to learn a second language!
 
PotteryGal

PotteryGal

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mpoppins76 said:
It's not opening for me :brick:

Morning Dottie :kiss:
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An 8 year old girl with Asperger's (high functioning autistic) was HANDCUFFED by police after the school contacted authorities and taken away in a police car. Apparently this was over a sweatshirt she was wearing the day of some holiday party, and when told she had to change how it looked ( I think it was a cow hoodie with ears on the hood and a tail in the back), she tried to leave, was physically restrained by two teachers and went into full melt-down mode - kicking, spitting, hitting.
Now don't misunderstand where I'm coming from - I am NOT justifying her reaction. But the school handled it WRONG. It said they called the police and the mother, but when the mother got there, her daugher was being led to the cop car in handcuffs. :mad: The school claims they were following policy and the mother knew - the mother says she never signed anything. Which leads me to think it's in general school policy and not in this child's IEP.
You can't discipline these kids the same way you do neurotypicals - you. just. can't. You have to know the kid, you have to know what they're sensitive to (touch, sound, etc) and you map out a discipline plan accordingly on that child's IEP. This kid was scared and lashed out because of it. The school escalated the situation, not handled it.
And this worried me that the cops went along. Training needs to be given to law enforcement on these behaviors. What's next? Taser them when they get out of hand???
*breathes deeply*
 
mpoppins76

mpoppins76

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Uponastar said:
Can't stay.
Stay warm and safe everyone!
Have a great day!
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Have a good day, dot!
PotteryGal said:
An 8 year old girl with Asperger's (high functioning autistic) was HANDCUFFED by police after the school contacted authorities and taken away in a police car. Apparently this was over a sweatshirt she was wearing the day of some holiday party, and when told she had to change how it looked ( I think it was a cow hoodie with ears on the hood and a tail in the back), she tried to leave, was physically restrained by two teachers and went into full melt-down mode - kicking, spitting, hitting.
Now don't misunderstand where I'm coming from - I am NOT justifying her reaction. But the school handled it WRONG. It said they called the police and the mother, but when the mother got there, her daugher was being led to the cop car in handcuffs. :mad: The school claims they were following policy and the mother knew - the mother says she never signed anything. Which leads me to think it's in general school policy and not in this child's IEP.
You can't discipline these kids the same way you do neurotypicals - you. just. can't. You have to know the kid, you have to know what they're sensitive to (touch, sound, etc) and you map out a discipline plan accordingly on that child's IEP. This kid was scared and lashed out because of it. The school escalated the situation, not handled it.
And this worried me that the cops went along. Training needs to be given to law enforcement on these behaviors. What's next? Taser them when they get out of hand???
*breathes deeply*
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Omg, that's terrible!!
 

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