| Let's start with the ugly and uglier than this, you cannot | | | | avoid other children getting hurt,locking up kids will not |
| get. The Government Accountability Office has | | | | solve kids behavior problems. |
| revealed in a shocking report that hundreds of kids are | | | | What is the good that can come out of all this? If you |
| abused every year at school. Some have even died | | | | have a kid who is ADHD or ODD or just has behavior |
| as a result of this punishment. It seems that special | | | | problems, you will need to liaise with the teacher. There |
| needs kids (severe ADHD and or autism) are more at | | | | are thousands of dedicated, qualified teachers who do |
| risk and there have been reports of kids being locked | | | | not use the above methods, thank goodness. |
| up for hours without food. All this because they have | | | | Ask her what behaviors are forbidden and what kind |
| severe behavior problems. But what sort of kids | | | | of good behavior is encouraged and what rewards |
| behaviour can justify this sort of cruel punishment.? | | | | systems are in place. You could also check to make |
| Worse, there is no federal law on restraint and | | | | sure that any disruptive behavior is not rewarded by |
| seclusion and state laws are a mixed bag and up to 19 | | | | sending the kid out which in many cases suits the kid |
| states have no law at all in this regard. | | | | as he hates the classroom so in a way, this is |
| Now for the bad and that is that the teachers in | | | | rewarding bad behavior! If the teacher's behavior plan |
| question are still teaching, maybe in another state. | | | | fits in with your behavior modification program at home |
| Moral of the story is that while these kids can disrupt a | | | | , all the better. It will ensure that there are no double |
| class and have to be dealt with, training needs to be | | | | standards. |
| given to teachers by qualified personnel so that they | | | | Ask any educator or child health expert and all are |
| can handle it. Everyone knows (but not some | | | | now agreed that behavioral therapy is the best and |
| teachers!) that rewarding good behaviors is the way | | | | most permanent way of solving kids behavior |
| to go and that bad behavior can be reduced. All the | | | | problems. If you have a system in place in your home, |
| experts now say that behavior modification like this in | | | | you will be well on the way to solving this problem and |
| both the classroom and at home is what gets results. | | | | can look forward to a much happier and more serene |
| Period. Although restraint is sometimes necessary to | | | | family life. |