Is this allowed in schools?

[TennisLady]

Today I substituted in a classroom for students with autism or other high needs. I was told that there was a student in a wheelchair who screams, cries, etc so the aide would be with him in another room. Well this room was part of the main classroom but it has a cover over the window part so technically she was there alone with the student with the door closed. In all of my teaching classes, I was taught to never be alone with a student in a room with the door closed. I'm a little bothered because I heard loud screams and it could just be the boy's behavior but no one can see how she is reacting to him and so I felt like I couldn't go over and just watch or even glance without being obvious about pulling the cover up. I've never been in a classroom like this one before so I wasn't used to all the screaming/crying and I want to make sure that children are being treated fairly despite their behavior. I cringe about the thought of someone being rough with a student when they can't really control their implusive behavior. I did not see anything happen but I just want to know if this kind of room where it's only 1 adult/1 student who has severe behavior problems is even allowed.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

1 on 1 is for extreme situations which this sounds like.

The "don't be alone with a student" rule applies to regular kids (guy teacher/female student) and is the general rule of thumb, but this is an extreme case. You are being paranoid. I wouldn't shut the door if I were the other teacher, but that's probably as to not disturb the other students.

[SunshineSkate]

I would guess this is absolutely normal in a lot of self-contained classrooms - I know it is in mine. I had a student like this who had severe cerebral palsy and would have temper tantrums like you wouldn't believe! He was 11 but cried like a baby when he didn't get his way. I had to put him in a seperate room with his aide while he cried it out. People probably thought we were torturing him! But this behavior was normal for him, and everyone who knew the kid understood that. Next time, check it out or offer to help next time you get all freaked out. It will put your mind at ease.

[dorothia15]

Cerebral palsy isn't a hindrance to the school education (http://hotelschools.biz) of a child. As far as I know, they are given special education treatment. There are institutions handling that case.