The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA) includes special factors which must be considered at each annual IEP
(Individualized Education Program) meeting. One of these factors is behavior.
When a child’s behavior affects his or her learning or the learning of others
in the classroom, the IEP team must consider what to do about the behavior.
This is the case for all children who receive special education services where
behavior is a concern regardless of the disability label.
At our last IEP meeting, my child's behaviors had gotten out of control and I was very unhappy with the way the school addressed it. They basically said, "Well, we don't really know what to do, we don't have any other students right now who have needs at his level and don't really have experience with that." How can that be okay?! Seems like schools need more resources so that when the person on staff at a particular school runs out of ideas, they have more knowledgeable people they can go to.
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