Over on EBDblog, I’ve commented on the importance of providing services kids need in a couple of entries, one on selective mutism and another on denying services to a young man with EBD. The folks over at Mental Health Update picked up on the note about selective mutism and commented “Sometimes the ‘kids will be kids’ explanation falls short.”
Exactly! So I got to thinking about some of the excuses we make:
- Kids will be kids.
- She’ll outgrow it.
- He’s not ready to learn it.
- It’s just a phase or stage.
- He’s just being a boy.
And that reminded me of Jim’s fine article:
Kauffman, J. M. (1999). How we prevent the prevention of emotional and behavioral disorders. Exceptional Children, 65, 448-468.
Anyway, all of these things are simply ways to shirk the educational or instructional obligation. I suspect I’ll be returning to this topic, perhaps under the subject “bologna….”
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