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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 327340" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>We've made some changes that I think will resolve the issue that resulted in his first "suspension" (which I'm pretty sure I could get wiped out, by the way, but I'm not going to). If another sub doesn't know how to handle wee in the future, its because they shouldn't be a sub because they didn't read any of the regular teacher's notes before stepping in front of the class...the notes on wee are hard to miss...</p><p>*** </p><p>The others involved in this incident need to learn how their actions impacted wee, and I do plan to address that. I would imagine you are familiar, but we have this lovely mandate here, now, called the Safe Schools act. It was drafted in response to the school shootings and violence that have taken place in recent years. While the administration can make exceptions for certain acts, they have to have some pretty good foundations to do so when a child starts throwing punches (as wee did). We all realize it does nothing to teach wee anything, but I don't think there's really much I can do until that magic 10 days comes up. (This administration is not abusing it the way last year's did, either). The school is not even allowed to implement any sort of physical restraint any more, other than the isolation room, and we are SO not going there again. But you are right, it teaches wee nothing.</p><p>*** </p><p>That said, while I will do what I can to tweak the IEP and BIP to make sure this scenario doesn't happen again, wee has been so highly volatile the past few weeks. Everyone has been on eggshells and it takes very little to provoke him. With the holidays coming and key people being in and out, it has made it even tougher, so there's a piece of me that's relieved that we're not dealing with school for the next 2 weeks. </p><p>***</p><p>Wee knows this time that he can't go to school, and he knows why. He was pretty upset because he won't be able to go to school. He decided Santa will probably not bring him any gifts because he was bad, and actually, was very accepting of that (Santa will bring gifts, but he's also going to write a note to wee). As much as we can, we'll have him doing educational stuff during school time, and I've told him that since mama's not at work, Christmas will probably be smaller than it has been in the past, and that was not said as a punishment, that's just a fact and reality. He will have to apologize to the teachers, and he lost his video game yesterday for hitting, but that's as much punishment as we are giving. Like you said, he doesn't learn from it. He learns from positive interactions and social stories and role playing when he's stable, so there's not a lot of reason to worry about punishment with this one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 327340, member: 1848"] We've made some changes that I think will resolve the issue that resulted in his first "suspension" (which I'm pretty sure I could get wiped out, by the way, but I'm not going to). If another sub doesn't know how to handle wee in the future, its because they shouldn't be a sub because they didn't read any of the regular teacher's notes before stepping in front of the class...the notes on wee are hard to miss... *** The others involved in this incident need to learn how their actions impacted wee, and I do plan to address that. I would imagine you are familiar, but we have this lovely mandate here, now, called the Safe Schools act. It was drafted in response to the school shootings and violence that have taken place in recent years. While the administration can make exceptions for certain acts, they have to have some pretty good foundations to do so when a child starts throwing punches (as wee did). We all realize it does nothing to teach wee anything, but I don't think there's really much I can do until that magic 10 days comes up. (This administration is not abusing it the way last year's did, either). The school is not even allowed to implement any sort of physical restraint any more, other than the isolation room, and we are SO not going there again. But you are right, it teaches wee nothing. *** That said, while I will do what I can to tweak the IEP and BIP to make sure this scenario doesn't happen again, wee has been so highly volatile the past few weeks. Everyone has been on eggshells and it takes very little to provoke him. With the holidays coming and key people being in and out, it has made it even tougher, so there's a piece of me that's relieved that we're not dealing with school for the next 2 weeks. *** Wee knows this time that he can't go to school, and he knows why. He was pretty upset because he won't be able to go to school. He decided Santa will probably not bring him any gifts because he was bad, and actually, was very accepting of that (Santa will bring gifts, but he's also going to write a note to wee). As much as we can, we'll have him doing educational stuff during school time, and I've told him that since mama's not at work, Christmas will probably be smaller than it has been in the past, and that was not said as a punishment, that's just a fact and reality. He will have to apologize to the teachers, and he lost his video game yesterday for hitting, but that's as much punishment as we are giving. Like you said, he doesn't learn from it. He learns from positive interactions and social stories and role playing when he's stable, so there's not a lot of reason to worry about punishment with this one. [/QUOTE]
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