I am really needing help navigating this situation and seeing if anyone else has had this come up or can offer advice. This is a little boy with autism and ADHD in first grade who has become very interested in private parts, understanding how breast feeding works and all the other things little boys become curious about. The parents are doing a great job of teaching him through books and discussions. He takes things very literally - for example in the recent Crayon Book, peach crayon would not leave the box because her wrapping came off - "How would YOU like to go to school naked?" And so this student asks the teachers about getting naked. He is suspended and then written up with the incident being sexual harassment. He also has many sensory seeking behaviors and he loves the feel of the picture on his shirt. Many times he will lift it up to touch his cheek. This was labeled as flashing and written up as sexual harassment. WHAT???
When we wrote to the principal, she said this is per Title IX and it is how it has to be coded. Of course the parents do not want their child labeled as such and developmentally this coding is inappropriate for this little guy who is trying to make sense of it all. There have been a number of other incidents as well.
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I am really needing help navigating this situation and seeing if anyone else has had this come up or can offer advice. This is a little boy with autism and ADHD in first grade who has become very interested in private parts, understanding how breast feeding works and all the other things little boys become curious about. The parents are doing a great job of teaching him through books and discussions. He takes things very literally - for example in the recent Crayon Book, peach crayon would not leave the box because her wrapping came off - "How would YOU like to go to school naked?" And so this student asks the teachers about getting naked. He is suspended and then written up with the incident being sexual harassment. He also has many sensory seeking behaviors and he loves the feel of the picture on his shirt. Many times he will lift it up to touch his cheek. This was labeled as flashing and written up as sexual harassment. WHAT???
When we wrote to the principal, she said this is per Title IX and it is how it has to be coded. Of course the parents do not want their child labeled as such and developmentally this coding is inappropriate for this little guy who is trying to make sense of it all. There have been a number of other incidents as well.
Thank you in advance for your feedback.
at is inapproprate and appropraite and
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