one bad day

so my son is 7 years old and has autism and had a very bad day at school today and the teacher called me and told me they are very close to kicking him out of school. can they kick him out of school for one bad day? he just started school on tuesday.

Oh goodness, I've heard of schools being ridiculous about stuff like that though. The teachers are given more students than they should have, and when one child isn't "perfect" they freak out and can't handle it.
Do you have an Montessori schools in your area? The classroom sizes are a lot smaller and moms that I know with autistic children tell me their children blossom in montessori schools.

do they know hes autistic? i dont think theyre allowed to kick him out

Quoting skylair and noah's mommy:" so my son is 7 years old and has autism and had a very bad day at school today and the teacher called ... [snip!] ... very close to kicking him out of school. can they kick him out of school for one bad day? he just started school on tuesday."

wow, what? That is ridiculous, they did that to my friends kid and they raised all kinda hell. apparently, that school is getting in trouble now.

I'm not sure. A friend of mine has a son with autism, he's 9. Last school year was really bad for him and they asked his parents to enroll him in another school that could "cater his needs" in a better manner.

Sorry mama  

Don't they have someone that can work with him one on one? That seems very extreme to threaten kicking him out after one bad day.

Quoting [yo.]:" do they know hes autistic? i dont think theyre allowed to kick him out"

yeah they know they have all of his stuff and he is in a special class and she called me toady at 3pm and told me that he is really close to being kicked out of school because he was so bad and stuff but they didn't call me when he started being "bad" so i could pick him up. the other two days went really good.

Quoting loser mom:" I'm not sure. A friend of mine has a son with autism, he's 9. Last school year was really bad for him ... [snip!] ... him and they asked his parents to enroll him in another school that could "cater his needs" in a better manner. Sorry mama  "

thank you i cried when she told me that because i fought so hard to get him into this school and around here there is no other school that has a program for him.

Quoting BigG{30+}:" Don't they have someone that can work with him one on one? That seems very extreme to threaten kicking him out after one bad day. "

i am not sure i have to go talk to the teacher tomorrow morning. i thought so too because the other two days went great he was no trouble at all. but today he was crying and yelling and stuff but they never callled me to come and get him

They CANNOT kick your son out for mildly misbehaving. Have they tried developing a behavioral plan with lots of positive reinforcement to prevent meltdowns from happening? Is he assigned an aide throughout the day to assist him? I am so sorry you going through this. I would have it his IEP for an aide to assist him throughout the day. The school can't deny him an aide.

Quoting hello.zombie:" They CANNOT kick your son out for mildly misbehaving. Have they tried developing a behavioral plan with ... [snip!] ... going through this. I would have it his IEP for an aide to assist him throughout the day. The school can't deny him an aide."

No i dont think he does i am not sure i will talk to his teacher about this tomorrow he just moved here so i am not sure what i can do yet. no thy have not done a behavioral plan yet. we have to have a iep in 30 days. and thanks for letting know they can't kick him out for one bad day.

Quoting skylair and noah's mommy:" No i dont think he does i am not sure i will talk to his teacher about this tomorrow he just moved here ... [snip!] ... a behavioral plan yet. we have to have a iep in 30 days. and thanks for letting know they can't kick him out for one bad day."

Especially with no behavioral plan they have no way to show proper steps were taken to prevent or control an episode. I would for sure get it written in his IEP to have an aide with him. If he is mainstreamed it would help greatly because most regular ed teachers aren't properly trained in how to work with kids with disabilities.

Quoting hello.zombie:" Especially with no behavioral plan they have no way to show proper steps were taken to prevent or control ... [snip!] ... it would help greatly because most regular ed teachers aren't properly trained in how to work with kids with disabilities."

thank you i will talk to his teacher tomorrow about this all, i have to go talk to her in the morning about what they want to do with him.