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Its possible to make it completely clear that you havent got a problem with sharing your common room with others, special needs or not, but that when you get attacked, it takes it to another level. You dont expect it at school and you want to know how they are going to take steps to avoid the situation happening again.
Ditto. I know it's not exactly the same but, a while back I was at the nursery I work at for two days a week. I was in with the babies (who don't understand anything much) and one of them came over, put his arms around me and managed to get hold of my hair (a few strands or something) but I never said anything to anyone about this because I don't think he realised what he was actually doing - he wasn't trying to pull my hair out or anything like that.
Indeed, but the school doesn't have the right to go around telling everyone certain details about these students. I mean, would you be happy for people to know certain things about? I know I certainly wouldn't.
There is a difference between a baby and the girl that got me though. She darted round her carer and got hold of my hair. People who work with babies/disabled people etc expect to get hair pulled and stuff. But we as 6th formers don't expect to be spontainiously jumped on by these kids from the special school.
We don't need to know the ins and outs, but i think it's only fair for us to be more aware of who they actually are.
Indeed. If it was something like punching then I would report it but because she only pulled your hair, I wouldn't bother.
No-one expects to get jumped on by people with special needs, but you have to understand that some of them may not having as much of an understanding of their actions like something without special needs would.
I have agreed and disagreed with comments, i just don't think it's fair to compare these kids to babies and drunk people. I know you have been offering help but you have come off as a bit patronising, which is probably why my answers seem arguing.
Anyway, regardless of who did it, the plain and simple fact is that Ballerina was assaulted and at the very least the facts of the matter need to be officially recorded.
I agree with this. Although ballerina did say they're not educated in the same building if i remember correctly, just that they come over and use the facilities sometimes. When I worked in school for children with SEN we would do the same thing with the older children (in the 16+ unit), take them to a nearby school and use their facilities, more as a sort of outing for the pupils and to get them more used to a college environment.
I've worked with children with SEN who lash out and its very hard to stop them sometimes but I do think I agree that if she can't be with other students without doing it then she shouldnt be using the sixth form facilities. but then again i guess it comes down to the what-do-you-do-with-them then thing. I don't think that makes sense but hey.
how annoying is this thread to read btw with all the deleted posts. doesnt really make sense! if its your opinion and you really believe in it just leave it up!
I'm sure it is annoying but it still makes perfect sense. I've been quoted where necessary anyway. It's more annoying when you give advice, based on the information to hand and you get accused of being patronising. I'm sorry to anyone else who reads this thread but I was sick of my comments being taken out of context. :banghead:
No I didn't think so.
So why not punch them in the nose then?
Apart from the cruelty aspect, if you look at 'living creatures' on a basic level, they all respond to pain as a 'bad' thing. That's why when I was little and if I fought with my brothers or sisters I got a hiding.
In some of my experience students with SEN knew the difference between right and wrong but could get away with it because they were special needs. It wasn't like they didn't know what they were doing, they just found it funny. However, that was a select few who had things like ADHD and other behavioural disorders, and if a clearly autistic person attacked me I wouldn't attack back because in all likelihood they don't realise either what they're doing or that it's wrong.
These things happen though and shouldn't be brushed off, I think if it was me I would have said 'no worries' to the carer and walked off, then had an informal chat with my head of year / form tutor explaining what happened.
I found out that their school paid for the center to be built so they could use it. So it's probably why our school won't say anything.
What else do you expect them to say?
i doubt she was walking past her for fun, she obviously needed to pass this girl and thats when the incident occured
the girl cant stay out of the corridors for fear of bumping into this girl again
at some point they are going to cross paths