Stop evacuating special ed classrooms for behavior.It’s unbelievable that we’ve reached a point where elementary kids—autistic or not—can scare entire classrooms into evacuation. Unsafe behavior needs consequences. When you evacuate, the aggressive child stays in control while the rest of the kids are left traumatized. That’s not safety—that’s chaos. The better approach? Remove the aggressive student, not the entire class. And if the child refuses, you stand them up and move them. That is NOT ab

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Gentle parenting doesn’t create gentle kids. It creates chaos. And in special education, that chaos is destroying classrooms. Autistic and neurotypical kids alike need boundaries, not excuses. When aggression = walks, fidgets, or calm-down corners, kids quickly learn that misbehavior equals power. That’s not empathy—it’s sabotage. The truth? Boundaries don’t harm children. Lack of boundaries does. Gentle parenting turns teachers into doormats, classrooms into war zones, and sets autistic kids up