Over on WrightsLaw, Sue Whitney Heath responded to a question from a parent about a school that made a questionable decision about a student’s school placement. Under the headline “Behavior Problems: It Isn’t Okay Just to Teach the Easy Kids,” Ms. Heath provides advice to the parent about how to address the problem.
Your son is either misbehaving and the school should follow the rules for kids who misbehave, or he is behaving like a kid with anxiety and ODD, so the school staff need to deal with this as an educational issue.
It is okay for the school:
- to provide a teacher who is able to teach your son.
- to expect all teachers to follow the steps in school policies for disciplining students.
- to get teachers more training in classroom management and discipline when they need it.
It is not okay:
- just to teach the easy kids.
- for a teacher to take his personal issues into the classroom.
There’s lots of detail at the site. Here’s a link to the full entry.
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You make some good points above.
However, I also think that this can be helpful to you:
Go to: http://www.panix.com/~pro-ed/
If you get this book and video: PREVENTING Classroom Discipline Problems, [it is in many libraries, so you don't have to buy them] email me and I can refer you to the sections of the book and the video [that demonstrates the effective vs. the ineffective teacher] that can help you.
If you cannot get them, email me anyway and I will try to help.
Best regards,
Howard
Howard Seeman, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus,
City Univ. of New York
20 River Court
Suite 1404
Jersey City, NJ 07310
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FAX: (586) 279-0935
Book, Training Video/CD:
Preventing Classroom Discipline Problems
http://www.ClassroomManagementOnline.com
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