The thing is, if someone doesn't like how you are touching them, you have to stop. It doesn't matter if you're bored, if you're having a hard day, or if you've always tested rules. The other kids have a right to feel safe in their classroom.
At 5, this type of behavior is something a lot of kids are working on, and strategies that work for one child may be more or less effective for another. You describe a situation where the behaviors are showing up during transitions and other less structure times (recess), not during instruction time. Even if the teacher is able to meet his learning needs, transitions will still happen during the day. Developing strategies to help him have safe, expected behavior during those times sounds reasonable. This doesn't have to be done *instead* of meeting his other learning needs.
Kids don't feel good about themselves when they are hurting their peers, so working with the teacher to meet his social, emotional, and behavioral needs, along with his academic ones, could be really important in working toward a positive school experience.
Last edited by onemom13; 09/24/19 07:05 AM.
