Emotional Disturbance in the Classroom

In addition to my class work here at Rio, I have received training on how to properly restrain if ever needed. The classes I took on Emotional disabilities were very helpful and eye opening, but my special education director has been the most helpful if a situation does occur.  If a student at our school was in crisis, we call in a small team of people consisting of the special education director, the school counselor, and if possible the special education teacher for that level.

In my experience as a special education teacher, I’ve only had one pretty significant situation involving a middle school student in crisis. With my training from my special education director I felt prepared to handle the situation until helped arrived.