RE: Dealing with the Police

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www.autismriskmanagement.com is Dennis Debbaudt's website. I finally got to meet him a few months ago after emailing and speaking to him for 8 plus years. He is great. He has information on his site that you want to make sure that all 911 personel in your area have. April

To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy From: bellamari30@...Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:18:58 -0700Subject: Re: Dealing with the Police

This is very scary to me because my son wouldn't really understand the concept of they may be asking. Also, it said on the info sheet that if the police are rude (I can't remember exact word) that the child is not to be rude back. Sometimes kiddos with Autism do not understand this and will be defensive (at least mine does) when approached with an attitude. I hate to think what would come out of that. Anyway.... thanks for the information

From: Nagla Moussa <nagla_alvintx (DOT) rr.com>To: ascc2 ; parentsofchildrenwithautismtx ; texas-autism-advocacy Sent: Wed, July 28, 2010 9:15:42 AMSubject: Dealing with the Police

Dealing with Police

Posted by: " Noe" cnoe59verizon (DOT) net noechuck

Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:59 am (PDT)

Unfortunately, I am hearing about more situations where students with disabilities are dealing with police officers. This is partially due to the increase of officers working in school buildings. I just found an excellent factsheet from the PACER Center on What Youth Need to know if They Are Questioned by Police - Tips for Parents to Prepare Their Youth with a Disability.This 2 page document gives advice for when the youth is dealing with the police at school or in the community. It also contains good proactive advice for dealing with the police and the ARD/IEP team. I can send this factsheet to you or you can view it at:

http://www.pacer. org/parent/ php/php-c171. pdfIf anyone should have any comments or advice on this topic, please share it with all of us.Chuck NoeEducation SpecialistPartners Resource Network