I have a four year old level two autistic grandson and he is attending public preschool in a class blended with special needs and typical children. The class has eight children, one special education teacher and three aides. He is having behavioral issues, such as biting, hitting, and scratching his teachers and students. He does this at home as well. He does talk some, but can’t communicate very well. His teacher has tried to pinpoint what the cause of the behavior is but it’s pretty random. She says that he does not like to sit and do his work and has trouble with non preferred activities, which cause the behaviors most of the time. I’m on the fence about her forcing him to sit at the table until his work is completed. I can see that he needs to get use to attending non preferred activities, but he is definitely having a hard time adjusting. We called an IEP meeting yesterday to discuss the behavioral issues and they did propose we do a FBA and meet again in December, which we agreed to. They are being very helpful and offered to meet anytime we feel necessary. Being new to all this, I wasn’t sure if they would provide a PWN or if it was needed since he’s only in preschool. We live in Alabama if that’s helpful. I kinda think his behavior is due to his teacher being ridged in the way she runs her classroom and he is sensitive to noise, and she agrees, but says he needs to get use to that in order to be more successful in Kindergarten next year. Any insight would be appreciated, as I’m brand new to dealing with the school system. I do feel like they are trying to help him by offering the FBA as a start.
