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As far as I know, the FBA is just a way of trying to figure out the antecedents to his behavior. It is an FYI for the teachers and staff, assuming they actually read it. It is also a recipe for his ongoing therapy at school, which is probably helping to a small extent.

So are you saying you had the FBA but no formal behavioral plan? I thought the point was to develop a plan. A plan customized for the child when the "usual and customary" systems aren't working. I don't know a lot about it, but why even bother with FBA if they don't use the information to help the child learn better skills?

I should have added that there is a BIP as well. My concern with both of these is that they have not been followed, and probably need to be updated. Our recent IEP meeting was a triage and we ran out of time before we discussed the FBA and BIP, though there was some agreement that should probably impact the BIP. Right now we're waiting for the edits to the IEP, and we'll take it from there.

An update.

Heard this from another 2e parent who is a trusted source, though I may have missed some of the nuances since the info is secondhand...the art teacher that DS fought with until we pulled him has stated she treats the disabled kids in our program (a magnate program for profoundly gifted children) is if they were mentally disabled - she made an analogy to Downs Syndrome.

This is not a good thing, but explains a lot. In any case, we've already decided that we'll proactively homeschool him in art next year if she is going to be the teacher.