Behavior Problems & Discipline: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know by Sue Heath and Pam Wright - Wrightslaw.com
"Our 11 year old son has autism. His mental functioning is at the level of a very young child. Since he was placed with an aide for most of the school day, his aggressive behavior at school increased. He says the aide hurts him. We discussed these problems with the IEP team. They agreed that the aide was the problem."
"Six
weeks ago, he cursed the aide. The school filed charges against him for
'sexual misconduct.' He has been at home since. A teacher comes to the
house 2 or 3 times a week for about an hour. He receives little or no
instruction and none of the related services (speech therapy,
occupational therapy) in his IEP. What can we do?"
As the school year winds down, we are receiving many emails from
parents and teachers about children who are being suspended, expelled
and sent home from school for long periods of time.
An eleven-year old child with autism is charged with sexual misconduct and is suspended from school for six weeks? It is clear that this child's behaviors are symptoms of a larger problem that needs to be addressed. Putting him out of school will not address these problems.
