mintberrycrrrunch246

Why don't biologics like Enbril and Humera help keep it at bay? Sounds similar to psoriatic or rheumatoid arthritis...

I work in special education, specifically kids on the moderate to severe end of the Autism Spectrum and sadly, that comes with some comorbidity of mental illness.

As the teacher I have more training and expertise about my students and ASD in general compared to my superiors.

I have been told to carry on and that I was doing a great job with a kid who was in such psychological distress that he self injured to the point of both eyes being swollen shut. My attempts to get specialists in to see him were met with my board coming in to evaluate my performance.

I have been told not to call CAS and to stop advocating for a child who would regularly say things like, "I really hate this life. What would happen if I jumped in front of a car? I want to go to Heaven. How do I get to heaven?" Etc.

I have been told not to intervene when my student was aggressively destroying the classroom including jumping from tables to counters and trying to pull counters off the wall.

I have been told not to intervene physically when a student who was cognitively a toddler habitually bolted from the classroom towards the doors that lead to the street.

I have been told not to intervene physically when one child is hurting another, or when a student slapped a staff across the face.

And I have a good Principal who understands.

I have said things to the board like, " I will never, and I mean never, put the safety of an injurious student over the safety of their peers or my staff. I will follow my training and use the least invasive intervention possible but I will not stand by and watch a child who is having a meltdown be a danger to themselves or others."

Risk management lawyers have a purpose, but man they can really mess things up when they are the only source for policy creation.