Hi, all. Since the child is in a special education program, it is illegal in the state that I am to remove that child from the program for time outs/time aways and from the school (e.g., calling the parent to pick up the child)...which sucks for me. The child is new- and bites because she cannot communicate her frustrations. She also bites to get that immediate attention.
I've been working with her using the ABAB behavior training techniques - which is working well. We are substituting the biting with another behavior...when she gets angry, she doesn't bite but squeeze a squeezable ball instead. I am also teaching her how to use words to express her anger: "I am angry. I want ____." It will take a couple of weeks for her to finally master this simple behavior change...but meanwhile I'm paranoid that she will bite another kid. In a hearing daycare, they usually will inform parents (my daughter's daycare informed me that there was a kid who was a "biter.") But with special education, there are so many stupid and tricky laws/rules that I have to be careful with releasing information but at the same time I have to inform parents of potential dangers. So that's why I'm asking for your opinions and feedbacks
. Thanks for letting me know.
Ozzie's right...my boss should know what to do and to tell me what the policy is on informing the parents.