Here this now.com. Wow!!
This is why I continue to fight for change in our district. Not one of you reading this should ever have to go through what my family dealt with (as well as many other families) as far back as 10 years ago. 10! It doesn’t have to be this way, the information is there. And now the district trying to implement PBIS and MTSS in junior high tells me they missed the mark years ago, and still missing it. There is no playing catch up for our kids. The system needs to change.
As scary as that sounds, it is happening all over the country and the world. It needs to change in Davis. Your kids deserve to be educated in a manner that allows them to access the curriculum, to be understood, and to be loved and treated with respect at ALL times. I’ll never say it is too late for my son. We work so hard everyday to support him. But it could have been different. It could have been better. It could have saved him from further trauma.
And yes, many of our children suffer unnecessarily because they are misunderstood, they are told they are bad kids, they are punished excessively for behaviors that they have no control over (look at the brain science); and this starts when they are so young. What happens when these kids are still not understood, still struggling with behaviors that are seen as intentional, they are still critisized for not staying in control or not listening, they are bullied, and still receive constant messages they are a problem at school. These little kids, become big kids, with bigger issues. I will never say it has been easy. But now that my son is almost 16, I want other parents to know, it can be better. We do not have to accept police being called on our young children because they are melting down due to sensory over reaction. And yes this happens. Seclusion happens. Restraint happens. Being sent out of district happens due to “behavior”.
I just don’t want anyone else’s child to have to go through some of these very real experiences. It can’t continue! Love to hear your thoughts if you watch this video!
https://youtu.be/mub55HVvQ14
Credit: www.herethisnow.org
Photo credit: Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint
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