I have drafted and redrafted an email to the school psych who is writing the IEP quoting folks here as "other parents I have met who also have 2E kids with anxiety issues" and then I remove that section thinking I don't want to get too bogged down. It just seems SO OBVIOUS that these things are a bad idea. How does someone go about trying to explain the obvious????
I had asked to have the color chart issue included in the IEP but was told that they could not dictate something that is considered a "classroom wide" behavior management tool. On the other hand her IEP includes language about her requiring positive reinforcement and these charts are most definitely in the category of negative reinforcement - right?
I awoke in a panic last night with the thought that all of this work is going to fall apart when DD walks into the classroom the first time and sees this thing. I HAVE to find a way to get them to address this - but how?
