YOu are right! I think it is so important when a child with special needs goes into a new classroom that the teacher talks about it with the other kids. I know for a fact from friends of mine that have kids with autism that is has made a huge difference in the way the other students treat that child! Educate educate educate! I think kids make fun of what they don't understand.

I have incredible patience now, I sub and I tell you what I can go into a classroom and spot the kids with SPD or ADHD etc... and when they know you understand their needs their behavior is so much better. Then you have these adult aids that are so ignorant and are saying they are slugs, horrible children, etc instead of looking at it from their persective or as if this was their own child and would you want someone who is supposed to be a professional calling their child a name like that?!?!?! I will consistantly go back to clases I have already had jsut becuase of specific kids, I bring them pencils with quiet fidget toys on top of a pencil, if they are in highschool and they won't keep their head off the desk I find what an interest is, one kid wants to be a mechanic and auto body repair person, well I took car magazines from my boyfriend and brought them back for him, his head never hit the desk. (that was the slug, yes i reported her) There would be less behavior issues if the teachers were not so lame and got the kids interested in the activity! I could go on and on about that, makes me CRAZY! "Oh they're behavior issues...." NO you are a crappy , boring teacher! Ugh! anyway... now that I went on my rant.. have a great day! hahahahaha