My childs school often asks me to pick him up when the staff are unable to handle his behaviours. How should I respond?
Many staff and parents think they are solving the problem by picking the child up from school mid-day or whenever the school requests it. However, you should do your best to resist this response to a challenging situation. By picking your child up from school when his behaviour is difficult for staff to manage, you are setting into place a pattern that will enable the staff to avoid the immediate problem, rather than dealing with the underlying issues behind the problem. When challenging behaviours arise, the first thought by educators should not be to remove the child from the classroom and/or school environment. Instead, a well-informed educator will look at solving the child’s problem. Picking your child up from school also sends a message to your son that if he wants to escape a situation that is challenging for him, or a task he doesn’t enjoy, all he has to do is behave inappropriately and the school will immediately call you to pick him up. Therefore, giving the school this “easy
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