If, after we’ve worked through all the steps together—and tried multiple strategies, supports, and outside resources—your child’s behavior is still making it hard for them, their peers, or our team to safely and successfully participate in the classroom, we’ll reach out to have an honest conversation. That discussion will focus on whether another program might be better equipped to support your child’s unique needs.
This is never a decision we make lightly. It would only happen after we’ve done everything we can in partnership with you, and always with your child’s success and well-being at the center.
No matter what the behavior exhibited, we will treat the child and their family with the same respect, support, and care that we do any other child or family.
LABELS ARE EXTREMELY POWERFUL, SO WE DON’T USE THEM. We are careful to talk about the behavior, not the child. Employing language carefully makes a big difference in the way we see children and think about who they are and what they can and cannot do. Negative labels can all too easily become self-fulfilling prophecies. They prevent us from seeing children’s positive qualities and may even cause us to lower our expectations of them. A child you’ve thought of as stubborn could just as easily be tenacious or persistent, important characteristics for success in school.
When you can see a child in a positive light, it helps them to see themselves that way, and to act more positively, too.