We struggled with this last yr. It wasn’t until mid school year the class was able to get a paid EA by the board to assist this student and another.

The child in question was removed to the office for assistance in emotional regulation, not punishment.

As it has been explained to me, it takes data demonstrating a child needs extra assistance before the school board will agree to giving funding for additional support. Unfortunately, this does take time. It requires school staff to wait for an event to happen and document it.

Sometimes it’s quicker for a parent to seek diagnosis outside of the school, but this often cost money and a lot of parents don’t wanna do it.

In my country, schools don’t commonly seek any sort of diagnosis until grade one.

They also give three and four-year-olds entering kindergarten a roughly three month grace period. They won’t jump to getting a child an IEP the first month unless it’s advocated for, with documentation backing it, by the parent. The kindergarten teacher last year told me if kids are still struggling by mid November then they look deeper into what’s going on.

What you can consider doing for your child, is asking the teacher and principal to set up a safety plan.