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I am in desperate need of some ideas to keep my students safe in class. I have a class of stdents in kinder and first grade who have developmental d!isabilities. One student in particular is ambulatory but otherwise is functioning at about a 10 month old level. She does not understand that it's not safe to climb on the desks and tables. She is so fast that she is up on anything within seconds of us looking away. She also takes anything in her reach and puts it in her mouth or walks away with it. She doesn't understand most of the normally used behavior supports like defining rules and expectations or time out. In addition she doesn't understand picture cues. Help! What can I do?
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Betty Ann What do your students' IEPs say about parapros, etc? Any chance that your climbing child is supposed to have a one-to- one? Or perhaps the IEP needs to be revised.

On 8/28/15, Kim B. wrote: > On 8/28/15, Elizabeth wrote: >> Kim, What is your parapro situation? Can this student get >> a one-to-one? What do the parents do at h...See More
Aug 29, 2015
D On 8/27/15, Kim B. wrote: > I am in desperate need of some ideas to keep my students > safe in class. I have a class of stdents in kinder and > first grade who have developmental d!isabilities. One > student in particular is ambulatory but otherwise is > functioning at about a 10 month old level. She does not > understand that it'...See More
Aug 29, 2015
Kim B. Betty Ann, I am investigating getting her a one on one but am a bit worried that the district will either say no or not provide the school with any more assistants and I would then be forced to take away one of the three assistants that cover our other 5 special ed programs and that just isn't fair. At any rate, that is a good idea and I'm working ...See More
Aug 29, 2015
Kim B. D, That's a good idea except that she still won't stay in her chair without someone right in front of her. But that makes me think of another way I could do this. I have a horseshoe table and I can sit her in front of me inside the horseshoe and then I can help her hand over hand as well as keeping her with us. Maybe eventually she will learn to st...See More
Aug 29, 2015
Christian I wonder how you have gotten through the last 2 months. My 2 cents: 1. You could remove climbable things from your room(and work out new ways to do everything that requires furniture!)

2. You could force the district's hand by suspending and waiting for a manifest determination. Child clearly needs a 1:1 to stay safe, this will only come t...See More
Sep 21, 2015


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