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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 400272" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>I agree - the school and/or police can have him evaluated in the hospital if they determine he is a danger to self or others. I have a really hard time with- school calling police for behaviors but do understand that that seems to be how some districts are electing to "manage" things now - utterly ridiculous, in my humble opinion. I personally think it violates if not the letter of IDEA then at least the spirit - if a student cannot be suspended for more than 10 days due to behavior related to disability, then it seems to me they should not be able to be arrested at SD's request for the same behavior. At the same time, if the child's behavior is more than the staff can handle... well, they do need to have safe options. Ideally, calling you would be the better option, but some folks don't get that what they think is completely out of control behavior is just another day at the beach for us parents. </p><p></p><p>Do you think your son is in an appropriate school placement? Seems pretty clear that actual "education" is not taking place in current setting - not saying that it would happen in a different one, but perhaps in a different setting you might find staff better trained to manage disruptive behaviors??? </p><p></p><p>I have to ask - what is your school's definition of "seclusion"? An hour seems awfully long, at least if it's the form of seclusion I'm thinking of.</p><p></p><p>Sorry things are getting sticky. I really would suggest possibly looking at alternate placements - their own report certainly gives you enough documentation to request it, I would think.</p><p></p><p>I wanted to add - it's been a while, but I seem to recall that prior to age of consent for psychiatric treatment (12 here), no medications could be given to my son while in the hospital without my consent. Even after he hit 12, most of the time any medication changes while inpatient were discussed with me, even though thank you legally had the right to consent or refuse. So if your son were to end up in the hospital, depending on age of consent in your state, hospital staff may very well need your permission to medicate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 400272, member: 8"] I agree - the school and/or police can have him evaluated in the hospital if they determine he is a danger to self or others. I have a really hard time with- school calling police for behaviors but do understand that that seems to be how some districts are electing to "manage" things now - utterly ridiculous, in my humble opinion. I personally think it violates if not the letter of IDEA then at least the spirit - if a student cannot be suspended for more than 10 days due to behavior related to disability, then it seems to me they should not be able to be arrested at SD's request for the same behavior. At the same time, if the child's behavior is more than the staff can handle... well, they do need to have safe options. Ideally, calling you would be the better option, but some folks don't get that what they think is completely out of control behavior is just another day at the beach for us parents. Do you think your son is in an appropriate school placement? Seems pretty clear that actual "education" is not taking place in current setting - not saying that it would happen in a different one, but perhaps in a different setting you might find staff better trained to manage disruptive behaviors??? I have to ask - what is your school's definition of "seclusion"? An hour seems awfully long, at least if it's the form of seclusion I'm thinking of. Sorry things are getting sticky. I really would suggest possibly looking at alternate placements - their own report certainly gives you enough documentation to request it, I would think. I wanted to add - it's been a while, but I seem to recall that prior to age of consent for psychiatric treatment (12 here), no medications could be given to my son while in the hospital without my consent. Even after he hit 12, most of the time any medication changes while inpatient were discussed with me, even though thank you legally had the right to consent or refuse. So if your son were to end up in the hospital, depending on age of consent in your state, hospital staff may very well need your permission to medicate. [/QUOTE]
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