change of plans...
ack... i don't want to go to work. it takes a lot to freak me out, make me cry etc. but yesterday was horrible. the only girl in our class is about 300 and as sweet as a little girl. all day she asks the same handful of questions 'what's your husband's name? what's your cat's name? what's your names?' etc etc.
yesterday though i was working with her, and all of a sudden she looks at me and screams 'i'm going to kill you' and lunges at my face, knocks the wind out of me by choking me, scratched up my neck and jaw, and slammed me into a corner. now, i've been licensed to restrain for the past two years, but i had no time to react/dont know how i would even restrain someone 2 as big as me, so all i could do was turn around to protect my face, while she grabbed my hair, yanked my head back and kept trying to get my face. there was one other para on the other side of the room from me and all i kept doing was screaming her name until she ran over to yell at her to get off of me. three time we got her off and three time she attacked me. finally we had to clear the room of all 6 other special ed kids, and send them to the library, her, me and two other adults tried to calm her down. she just kept looking at me and screaming 'i'm going to kill you' and started running after me, and the only thing i could do was flee, none of us are capable of restraining. she chased me around the school, screaming the whole time about killing me, while one of the teachers was frantically calling the cops on campus, trying to get them to come help. i started 'leading' her to the office, and finally 3 principals, and 2 cops came out, and after she attacked 2 of the principals, the cops got her down and cuffed, and all of a sudden she just snapped out of it and started saying 'i hit you? i'm sorry. i hit you? no, i didn't hit you.' and they took her away. seriously, i was shaking, and one of the other teachers started crying. one of the kids i work with has severe autism and he punches me at least 3 times a day, but that doesn't scare me, he just can't talk or communicte, and i can overpower him... she could have beat me to a pulp if she wanted to. now the nurse tells us, o yea, she's diagnosed with intermittent explosive disorder. great. psychiatric problems are NOT special ed, behavior problems are... and WHY isn't she on psych meds...?
bleh... i couldn't sleep last night. it really shook me up for some reason... and now i have officially decided that if i do end up working in schools i only want elementary, thank you. when they are 3 feet tall and 40 pounds they are much easier to restrain.
and today we are supposed to go out bowling, to lunch and shopping at walmart.... can i have an armed escort please?
yesterday though i was working with her, and all of a sudden she looks at me and screams 'i'm going to kill you' and lunges at my face, knocks the wind out of me by choking me, scratched up my neck and jaw, and slammed me into a corner. now, i've been licensed to restrain for the past two years, but i had no time to react/dont know how i would even restrain someone 2 as big as me, so all i could do was turn around to protect my face, while she grabbed my hair, yanked my head back and kept trying to get my face. there was one other para on the other side of the room from me and all i kept doing was screaming her name until she ran over to yell at her to get off of me. three time we got her off and three time she attacked me. finally we had to clear the room of all 6 other special ed kids, and send them to the library, her, me and two other adults tried to calm her down. she just kept looking at me and screaming 'i'm going to kill you' and started running after me, and the only thing i could do was flee, none of us are capable of restraining. she chased me around the school, screaming the whole time about killing me, while one of the teachers was frantically calling the cops on campus, trying to get them to come help. i started 'leading' her to the office, and finally 3 principals, and 2 cops came out, and after she attacked 2 of the principals, the cops got her down and cuffed, and all of a sudden she just snapped out of it and started saying 'i hit you? i'm sorry. i hit you? no, i didn't hit you.' and they took her away. seriously, i was shaking, and one of the other teachers started crying. one of the kids i work with has severe autism and he punches me at least 3 times a day, but that doesn't scare me, he just can't talk or communicte, and i can overpower him... she could have beat me to a pulp if she wanted to. now the nurse tells us, o yea, she's diagnosed with intermittent explosive disorder. great. psychiatric problems are NOT special ed, behavior problems are... and WHY isn't she on psych meds...?
bleh... i couldn't sleep last night. it really shook me up for some reason... and now i have officially decided that if i do end up working in schools i only want elementary, thank you. when they are 3 feet tall and 40 pounds they are much easier to restrain.
and today we are supposed to go out bowling, to lunch and shopping at walmart.... can i have an armed escort please?