Peer relationships for students with disabilities
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Nov 14, 2007
A friend of mine has a deaf daughter who attends regular
school. Everything was fine until middle school this year.
One interpreter is also the hearing impaired teacher and
special ed case manager. The relationship between student
and teacher/interpreter has been strained and is getting
worse. The student finally requested a meeting with the
principal to talk about her problems with the teacher--and
that teacher was also the interpreter for that meeting.
There are issues re: the tty--the school only has one and
it is in the hearing impaired teacher's classroom. She
leaves (and locks the door) while the student is still at
school some days. (So apparently no tty in nurse's office,
counselor's office, main office).
My question is about having one person carry out three
different roles--or even two since special ed teachers are
usually the case managers. How does this affect neutrality
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Wait.... are you saying that one person has two roles:
interpreter and teacher of the deaf? Is that person
certified to do both jobs? That wouldn't happen in my
district. When student is working with teacher, the teacher
can sign for self. But when student is in general ed
classroom, an interpreter shoul...See More