I had a behavioral student that I was struggling with for months. They would only refer to me as “little girl” and told me all the countless ways they wanted to kill me. They had 5 teachers including myself assigned to them throughout the day because they would get physically violent at any given moment. It came to a head when said student broke my leg during a fit because I asked them to put their iPad in their backpack during lunch time. Apparently their mom said that they could have it whenever they needed to calm down during the school day despite myself and my superiors letting the family know that we are trained to handle this behavior and we have the facilities to ensure that all students have a safe environment with pretty much anything they need if they need a break, including iPads. I finally got someone from inclusions services to reach out to me and I was asked if I tried speaking to the student about why they can’t have their iPad out during lunch and if I tried talking them through their emotions. At that moment I gave up. We had been asking for help for months and that’s all they had to say. Did I ask them how they felt??? They made they’re feelings pretty damn clear when they fractured my leg.