Thread: first meeting with parent of p1 pupil with big behavioural probs

Father is around also, however mum is main decision maker.  Update is that behav unit won't take him as there are too many other older kids who would be a danger to boy.  Recommendation has been made for place in school with learning centre to offer smaller numbers and input from ed psych and behav support staff.  In the meantime we have a Team Teach trained behav assistant and other staff do not intervene (had...

 If there is no place then pretty soon your school will simply need to exclude him permanently and then the LA have to find him a suitable place somewhere. There are specialist units and school to teach children with these sort of problems. Until his behaviour is sorted out neither he nor the other children can really learn anything. How does it work that parents can choose to have their child registered as sick rather than...

Some general points: 1. Sticker charts etc work best for mainstream pupils, but ones as exreme as this child might- I say might- be demotivated by seeing his name at the bottom of the chart all the time. He could find it dispiriting and make him stop trying if he's always 20 stars behind Julia or Jim. It could even make him self-identify with the label 'naughty' and revel in it consciously or not. Worse, he might not care....

 Log every incident where this pupil assaults a member of staff (I presume you have an 'Incident of Violence against Staff' form or similar).  Call for management support every time he does this or runs out of the class.  Keep calling them, as this behaviour means that it is difficult for the school to be able to keep him safe at school or keep the other pupils/staff in his school safe.  Ask for...

I would agree with the above, I was in the position of meeting parents of a child going in to yr 4 who still displays this type of behaviour. (I believe he should have been excluded at least twice last year but due to poor management it didn't happen) This child has had Ed psych input since yr 2, parents seem apathetic as 'he is fine at home'. Ed psych recommended statutory assessment but parents don't want it. This child...

lynkib: parent    ........    was given the option of this??? Sickness or exclusion, she chose the latter cos  ..............  desperately wants help too. Is there any way that a recommendation from the family GP could stiffen the authority's spine in pursuing something better for everyone?      This mum is heading for a...

 Where is the father in all this?

Away. Probably. Can't be buvvered.