Poor Elijah’s Almanac: The other students in the room When people say there’s an “elephant in the room,” they mean there’s something important that nobody’s paying attention to. At school most of the children in our classrooms are “elephants.” That’s because nobody talks about them when experts develop behavior plans for disruptive, dangerous students. Even when these plans have some therapeutic merit, they’re designed and implemented without any regard for how the plan and the student it’s attached to will affect the other students in the room. When I’ve complained about this collateral damage, I’ve repeatedly been told the behavior team’s job is to address the problem student’s problems ... Continue reading... http://www.nhregister.com/columns/article/Poor-Elijah-s-Almanac-The-other-students-in-12178932.php
