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Are your SPED kids in the classroom as inclusion students, with a SPED teacher or TA there to "assist" them? That is how it is in our school, and the real result is that the kid sits in a class where everything is a year or two or four above his level and then the SPED adult reads it for him and "helps" (generally tells him or does it for him, basically) him do the work. The SPED kids have their grades monitored, and they are not allowed to make failing grades. As a rule, their grades are some of the highest because they get so much "help". What a waste of time! The poor kids will never get a chance to learn or progress from the level they are actually on.
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Beth Special Needs I wish that you could see inclusion in my school! Our resource teacher is amazing! She attends data meetings for each grade level and plans and implements lessons to address the deficits noted. It is likely that she will have as many gen ed kids in her group as sped kids if that's what the data shows. She might teach a whole group lesson either sol...See More
Dec 26, 2013
maureen - Beth SNeeds describes our school also. nfm On 12/26/13, Beth Special Needs wrote: > I wish that you could see inclusion in my school! Our resource > teacher is amazing! > She attends data meetings for each grade > level and plans and implements lessons > to address the deficits > noted. It is likely that she will have as many gen ed kids in > her group as sped kids if t...See More
Dec 27, 2013
To Beth Special Needs You are lucky! Doesn't happen that way in most places. They come in and say, OK you HAVE to include X and Y in your class every day from 10:13-11:13 and do A, B, and C. Never mind if your lesson runs long and ends at 10:26...oh no! The kid will come in and you won't be ready for him. Then the Aide will badmouth you all over the place. Oh and don't ...See More
Jan 3, 2014
Beth Special Needs I realize that our school may be an exception. I hope we are not. Our resource teacher (I'm separate setting and rarely do inclusion) is awesome! She changed the way our entire school thought about inclusion in a very short time. She did by: a) being nice and friendly to everyone. She's very easy to work with and very likable. b) being professional...See More
Jan 3, 2014
upset mom Try having a child in one of those classes. My child has a 4.0 gpa and does all of her own work. The SPED kids have the tests read to them and the answers given to them. When a project is assigned, they are allowed to do an easier version and often get higher scores than everyone else!

On 12/20/13, reg ed teacher wrote: > Are your SPED ...See More
May 15, 2014


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