MS>JM> I am really interested in the subject of behaviour disordered
MS>JM> children
MS>JM> particularly those trying to be mainstreamed in the classroom. Please
MS>JM> reply
MS>JM> with your views,
 
MS>    Federal law (and that of some states) has made it almost impossible to 
g
MS>disruptive students out of the classroom if they were previously 
esignated
MS>"emotionally handicapped" (psycho).  In New Jersey, a kid caught carrying 

MS>in school can't be expelled if he's "emotionally handicapped", and here in
MS>North Carolina a kid who's in the state's program for "assaultive" (Willie 
M
MS>kids is put into regular public school classrooms without notifying the 
teac
MS>or principal of what he is.
 
        What is being referred to is the "Least Restrictive Law" which
at first meant that a child be placed into an environment where his
handicap will not cause him to fail.  It never was the intention of the
author to mean that no matter what he does, he can't be disciplined.
This has grown out of control in our present time.  The United States
Department of Education is working on such a measure to correct this
problem.  Basically, this practice is based on misunderstanding and thus
into court law.
 
Keep your stick on the Ice,
Paul
 
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