A New School Year.

My brother for his whole school carer has been in an inclusion classroom, which is a regular classroom full of "normal" students with one disabled child who has a 1 on 1 aid that's with them all the time; but this year is different. This year Justin has been put in a 6-1-1 classroom, which is a classroom with 6 students, one teacher, and one aid. We knew that this was going to happen, we didn't like it, but it happened. We felt as if Justin was academically fit enough to stay in an inclusion classroom, but because of his violent behavior, the school said otherwise. The medicine Justin was taking was making him extremely aggressive and he starting acting out in class. He starting hitting teachers, hitting students, and hitting himself when he got frustrated. When every single note home starts with "Justin had a rough day" you start to think a good day is as realistic as his autism simply vanishing in the blink of an eye. Then one day, my mother decided to take him of most of the medication. He started to lose most of his anger and he stopped biting himself when he got upset. And even though Justin's behavior has managed to settle down, the school board still feels that it is mandatory to keep him in the 6-1-1 classroom. In my heart i know that Justin will get out of there some day and go back to learning with the typical children, but realistically, it's a lot harder then just fixing your behavior. It isn't very likely for children who have been put into the 6-1-1 program to ever get out. But then again, Justin isn't the typical disabled child, he's someone special. I've always had dreams about him going to college, i think he would love it, and he's a smart kid. But whatever happens 9 years from now, he's stuck in a silly 6-1-1 classroom, and i know for some students this is just what they need, but i don't think Justin is one of them. Oh well, as long as he's getting an education, who can complain right?