SUBSCRIBE chat center Gazette|Chatboards|Lessons|Projects|Classifieds|Mailrings|Jobs|Harry Wong|Live!|Advertise CHATBOARD MAILRING LESSONS SUBMIT POST ALL POSTS TOP POSTS Share | Print | Report Post ME Teachers Chatboard Search Teachers.Net Advanced Quick Links: Set Subscribe to ME-Teachers Hot Now... • September 2008 Gazette • Teacher Tech Center • The Lesson Bank Most Popular • Set Your Quick Links • Chat Center • All Chatboards • Lesson Bank • Teacher Mailrings • Project Center • Classified Ads • Live Chat & Meetings Select by • State/Region • Grade Level • Curriculum • Interest Group • Teaching Method Special Topics • Technology • Languages • Hot Topics • Career Center • Distance Learning • Fundraising • Tutoring Center • Teacher's Bookshelf • Free Printables • Classroom Photos • Meeting Archive • Teaching Articles • Library • Web Tools • Webring • Search • Advertise   Post: Questions about Special Ed in Maine Posted by Special Ed. Teacher in Texas on 9/13/07 I am a special ed. teacher in Texas. I teach at a high school of about 2000 students. School started 3 weeks ago and I had a student from Maine in my resource social studies and readingc classes. She did pretty well for me academically, but I understand that she was not successful in courses such as math and science. There was an ARD (IEP) meeting yesterday for her. From what I am told the meeting did not go well. The state has told us we have to put more of our students in general education classes. So we went to inclusion. We do not have all of the papers from the school district in Maine. This is what we do know. Mother told the diagnostician that the student has significant cognitive impairment which the diagnostician later told us is the same thing as mental retardation. The mother told the diagnostician that the student was in life skills classes in Maine and those were the classes she wanted her in here. Supposedly the mother was told that life skills is for MR kids but we did what the mother wanted. The mother could not tell us how many credits the girl has but said she should have graduated last year in Maine. I have taught special ed. for 10 years and I have never known a student in a life skills class to speak in grammatically correct complete sentences. The other special ed teachers here have said the same thing. How many credits do you require for graduation for your splecial ed. students? In this Texas district, the girl is going to need 22 credits to graduate on a minimum plan. That minimum plan is going to mean 4 years of English, 4 years of social studies, 3 years of math, 3 lyears of science, 1 year of speech, 1 year of fine arts 2 years of physical education and health. The remaining credits come from electives. We are concerned that when we reconvene the ARD that the mother is not going to be happy if the girl does not have the credits required for graduation. The mother accused the general ed. math teacher of causing problems for her child. In the three weeks that I had this student prior to her being placed in what may be an inappropriate program, the student told me that her mother thought it was stupid that kids could not quit school until they are 17. The student said that he/she would like to work at a certain grocery store here. If the student is MR under federal guidelines, that particular store probably will not hire her. There are many other businesses who would work with the school in getting the student a job but as one of our special ed teachers who does community based instruction, many businesses do not want to hire kids with special needs. Posts on this thread, including this one Questions about Special Ed in Maine, 9/13/07, by Special Ed. Teacher in Texas.

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