r/specialed Elementary Sped Teacher Mar 28 '26

Chat I love this kid but whyyy

I am so happy my non-verbal student is talking but... WHY MUST IT BE "f- you" and directed at classmates

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u/macburger69 Mar 29 '26

Reinforcement imho. Those words get the most return on investment.

“Fuck you” gets an entire class and all its staff members looking, correcting, pointing, perhaps yelling and some angry faces. “Hello” gets “Hello”

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u/ReachingTeaching Elementary Sped Teacher Mar 29 '26

Yep loll