my son lost it at school - vent I know where you are coming from, too.  My son is supposed to be wearing a harness on his school bus, and he got out of it.  Again. My 2 cents: Your child is entitled to a free and appropriate education, so that means a full day of school.  There's one month left?  The teacher should be able to handle that.  Perhaps when she cools down she will be ready to discuss with you strategies for handling the rest of the school year.  I agree with redoing the FBA (unless they didn't follow the current BIP to begin with). Here's the IEP Pop-up answer to what you could say when the school says "Your child's behaviors are disrupting the classroom."  The answer includes a link to the relevant laws. http://nclid.unco.edu/nclid/ssn/popup.php?item=10 Good luck with everything. S ed kids can be suspended for up to 11 days without any accounting for how the disability caused the behavior. However, when day 11 kicks in, there HAS to be a manifestation hearing to determine whether or not the misbehavior is a manifestation of the disabilty.  IF it is, a new FBA must be done, a new BIP written as a result of it, and a change in placement considered.  That's the law.  Also, for every day the child is out of school, the child must receive FAPE. That means, the school is obligated to send tutors to your home. Often, the child's suspension has ended before tutoring can actually be arranged, but then you get those services as compensatory services, arranged between you and the school at a convenient time. I'd have a meltdown also if all those teachers were standing around me! Poor guy! My son's school last year--was like that. They didn't really know anything about any sort of special needs kids. This year--he goes to another school and I love it! I have never been called for behavior related issues. They handle it themselves. The teachers are great! They also have a "de-escalation room" He has always "calmed" down in there. They have a place in the classroom that they taught him to go to if he needed to get away and try to calm himself(its called Australia). He uses that alot!! I'm in total shock that he actually knows when he needs it!! He has been taken out of the classroom when he's had a huge meltdown--one on one with his aide(who really doesn't even see him anymore)--they go to her room across the hall and when he's calm, he finishes his work in there. I think the school needed to handle it better. Definately get a new FBA. I'm still here at work so I don't know all the details.  The only thing I know is what my mother told me over the phone.  Basically, something must have happened to where my son completely lost all control, started throwing papers around the class, started yelling at his teacher, and when my mom got there to pick him up from school (the school day was over) there were about 5 teachers there and he was on the floor.  The teacher told my mom that she can't handle it and that my son might only be in her class 1/2 day until school ends.  I'm not really sure what she meant by that, if he would only be going for a 1/2 day of school or not.  I called my son's site coach to ask her what happened (she was there) and what might have caused this type of reaction from my son, but of course her answering machine came on.  My son has his moments, but it just seems like he is getting worse in this classroom he is in.  He does not have these kind of meltdowns at home AT ALL.  Would a BIP have to be rewritten this late in the school year?  What can I do?  What can the school do?  Thanks.I think an FBA has to be done, even this late in the school year, if you plan on keeping him in that class.  I'd DEFINITELY get to the bottom of what caused the meltdown. If he's approaching puberty, it could simply be the hormones. I'd also look into the current behavior plan to see if it's appropriate and if it's being properly implemented.  If not, ask that the IEP Team approve a visit from a BCBA to help train the teacher and staff.  Most importantly, depending on the situation, this might affect his placement for next year, so you really must find out what happened and get an new FBA done. I would NOT agree to have him removed at all for the rest of the year without serious discussions with the whole team first. Please get back to us about the details when you know them and perhaps we'll be able to help more.I am so sorry :(  Those days SUCK.  I soooo know where you are coming from.
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