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Case: Parents who refuse help their child needs I have a new student who is considered EBD (Emotional Behavior Disorder). He has an IEP for behaviors only, no academics. He has a dedicated para in general and special education classes (sped classes for social skills). He has "fits" daily and has to be removed from the room, often for hours at a time, hence the dedicated para. Both the general ed and special ed teacher have gone out of their way to accommodate this student, changing classroom routines, schedules, tasks/activities to best help him. His behaviors are beginning to have a negative effect on other students (in both classes as well as neighboring classes). Often times, these "fits" involve a psychosis that we, as teachers, are not qualified to "fix." When trying to place him in the correct class (EBD self-contained) his parents pulled him out of school to home school him. Now, he is being served in a self-contained class that is grade levels behind because his parents have threatened to sue. How do we go about giving this student the services he needs while looking out for the best interest of other students in the class and keep his parents happy? This child also needs services that the education system cannot provide and his parents think he's ok, that his very disturbing threats and actions are nothing. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) This is such a delicate situation because of how the parents are seeing the issues as opposed to your true experiences in the classroom. I might invite the parents into the classroom so they can get a better understanding of the real issues you are seeing from the student on a daily basis. Only then will they start to see how this behavior affects not only you, but the surrounding students. If they still wish to take no action then you might have to remove yourself from the situation. |
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