Essay On School Discipline

Our group project was about school discipline when dealing with special needs children. One thing I wish we focused on more was alternative methods and what the school can do. When I tried to present the idea to my group, a lot of the times my ideas were pushed aside. I believe there are so many alternative methods that have proven to work effectively at not only the elementary education level, where most people seem to pay the most attention, but also the high school level. I believe schools are doing a pretty good job at coming up with alternative forms of punishment to help a child with special needs, but they have to know what the child needs. Having a mother who works on the Spotsylvania County School Board and helping out at my sister’s elementary school gives me a little bit of insight on how the schools run. It’s up to the parents to get their child diagnosed so the school can properly work with them. Schools can’t show “favoritism” or “special treatment” to any student without a parent’s permission or proper documentation. For instance I volunteer in an Autistic classroom during …show more content…
Schools could use these methods on your average student. Because while they may be academically and developmentally acquired, they could be dealing with things at home that none of us know about. I had a teacher tell me one time that students act out in certain ways sometimes because that is what they see at home. If schools used meditation or “calming down” mechanisms I believe they could really get to the root of the problem, instead of sending all these kids to ISS or detention which infuriates them even more. I believe also having these two groups work together, could benefit both of them. As special needs children could learn something from their average school peers, I believe average school students could learn a lot more from students with special needs if given the