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The Occupational Therapist does not follow the same "rewards" procedure as our classroom. She pulls a student twice a week, and gives him candy every time. We want to work on an overall reward since he is high functioning and capable of possibly being mainstreamed into a basic education setting. Sometimes, when he comes back to class, he goofs off and doesn't complete work since he received his "reward" from the Occupational Therapist.
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This happens at my school and it is the most annoying thing in the world. Codes get called on students for any number of classroom disruptions, so they get taken out of the class, the ESE specialist removes them, and they come back with a treat of some kind. It's just reinforcing the behavior to get out of class. We have discussed this within our grade-level teams, as well as brought these concerns to the administration's attention.