I am going back to the school I was at yesterday and dropping of some of my books, three kids in afternoon pre k class are in the spectrum! The teachers know it, two of the parents are not in denial, one is. So they wanted to know more about it, the aid is awesome she really understands the different needs but does not know how to address a lot of the issues! So, I told her I will be dropping off stuff for them today!!!!! I am telling you, there is at least one child per every classroom I visit! My philosophy is... "There aren't behavior problems, there are problems that cause the behaviors". There are kids that need to be saved out of some of these "self-contained" behavioral classrooms where they are made to sit still, be quiet, do not get to leave the room for specials or lunch because they cannot control their behaviors they aren't allowed out of their seat!!!!. It makes me sick, and adults that think they know what they are doing make up these "rooms', they are not helping these kids at all! I know of one girl in one of these rooms that wrote to the people who made this program and told them "This room makes me want to kill myself", another kid told me that they have to sit for 30 days and not talk so they can move up a stage in order to get to go to the lunch room!! This is a program that a district pays for to have at their school! I wish I could start an advocacy that goes into schools to check on children! This is why parents HAVE to keep up with what is going on at their children's school! Never allow them to be labeled a behavioral problem! Realize what your child needs to make them successful not to rot their self-esteem! UGH! Sorry but it just makes me so mad! They are being made to hate school and themselves!!! Well I am stepping down off my soap box, lol have a great weekend!!!!! Heather