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Hello, does anyone know of an active chat board (multiple posts per day) for the sped community? I am a sped teacher in Nevada and need some very serious advice, as soon as possible. I need to have access to an active community who can advise me on some legal issues that I am facing against the admin at my school.
I'm a Gen Ed teacher of an elective course. I'm also lead teacher for my department. Due to the current concept of mainstreaming, we have students who are non-verbal, non-writing, non-walking with extensive and often unrealistic IEP's in place in our classes. We seldom have aids who come with these students. Some of the IEP's including providing st...See MoreI'm a Gen Ed teacher of an elective course. I'm also lead teacher for my department. Due to the current concept of mainstreaming, we have students who are non-verbal, non-writing, non-walking with extensive and often unrealistic IEP's in place in our classes. We seldom have aids who come with these students. Some of the IEP's including providing students with soda or food-which is impossible since we don't have kitchen facilities in our classrooms. One IEP allowed the student with Downs Syndrome and Bipolar disorder to jump up and down to touch the top of the door-in a class of over 30 students. Another student is on the level of a toddler, is in diapers, makes hooting noises or throws things-in a class of over 30 students. How are we, the regular education teachers, supposed to handle this kind of behavior when we are already handling kids who have a vegetable soup list of 504's/ G/T, BIP's and other legal actions we must serve?
How far do we have to go? In one case there is a student who is almost 18 who is on the spectrum, but doesn't know it b/c parents send her out of the room during her ARD's. This student is very low IQ, but parents insist on putting her in regular ed classes such as a foreign language where content has to be greatly modified for her to be successful. If the parents were content with that, it would be fine, but now they are bullying the administration and teachers in my department for recommendations for professional design schools. The administration is scared of the parents because one is a lawyer so there is little support for teachers there. Is there any legal basis to allow teachers to deny writing a recommendation?
by Liz morris
Apr 16, 2015
Looking for holiday accommodation in San Francisco for 5 (middle aged ish) Scottish Special Ed teachers, 3rd April 2016 - 10th April 2016, or about. Any help or ideas greatly appriciated. Oh, we are ladies (or so we'd like to think).
Looking for fun ways to interact with my son who is special needs. Any ideas?
by Jon Gress
Apr 15, 2015
•How would this type of communication resource help you as a teacher?
This website helps us as teachers stay connected, get other ideas, and learn new skills and tactics. I enjoy this website because we able to share stories and our experiences and relate to one another.
•What other features of teacher. net would help you as a...See More•How would this type of communication resource help you as a teacher?
This website helps us as teachers stay connected, get other ideas, and learn new skills and tactics. I enjoy this website because we able to share stories and our experiences and relate to one another.
•What other features of teacher. net would help you as a teacher?
having lesson plans on here makes us no reinvent the wheel. It is nice to have this on here because I can search for work instead of making it all over.
•How important is it to collaborate with other teachers?
Collaborating with other teachers is important because it lets us share our work and move towards a more common goal. We are able to create work that can be interdisciplinary. Also teachers of different subject areas or ages have different skills that might work for students who have a disability.
•What was the discussion you were following and where did the conversation lead?
The discussion I picked was about recommendations for students with a disability. The person hasn't responded!
•What are the advantages and disadvantages of collaborating online rather than with a person at your school?
It takes time to get response and you can't have in person communication. You also have a hard time reading body language. I think projects take longer.
•Do you use/would you use Twitter to communicate with other educators? Why or why not?
No, there aren't enough characters, you can post ideas and share them with links but there is not enough room for a lengthy discussion.
Unfortunately this 21 year old (his last year) fell through the cracks and now he is in my class. He is huge, violent, makes noises most of the day, he is verbal but has not reasoning skills- loves when there is a party-he is then behaved and you wouldn't know he had any of these behaviors. Cannot use behavior mod with him-he freaks out. Leaves the...See MoreUnfortunately this 21 year old (his last year) fell through the cracks and now he is in my class. He is huge, violent, makes noises most of the day, he is verbal but has not reasoning skills- loves when there is a party-he is then behaved and you wouldn't know he had any of these behaviors. Cannot use behavior mod with him-he freaks out. Leaves the room. Yes he has a para. He spends all day on the computer and so I got him to follow a schedule with some computer however he uses computers in other therapist rooms and when he doesn't like something he goes to their room to be on the computer- So far he has not been physically violent but we are all walking on eggs. Parents have even called to complain. Administration just wants to get him through the year and out of the school. What a joke! I'm a great teacher-I'm the class that everyone wants to get into. And now with this kid the year sucks. I've tried to be positive and upbeat and thought I was having a bit of success with this kid however I'm afraid of him. I don't know what day to expect getting hit. He has hit other teachers and students in the past. The administration we have is 3 years new- His mom is mad at them for throwing him on the computer all the time & I don't blame her. His behaviors have never been addressed. It is totally ridiculous. I've been at the school many years and I'm at the point I want to leave but there is no where for me to go. Years ago someone in that place created a monster by letting this boy do whatever he wants. I'll take suggestions please. If you could hear how noisy he is -the growling; yes growling and grunting-it is horrible. I can't teach. Help!
Would shortening 4 choices from multiple choice questions down to 2 choices be an appropriate accommodation?
I have been a SPED teacher for many years in the public school sector. Now, I am an intervention teacher in a private school. The teachers cannot understand why I cannot do more for the students who qualify for SPED services. The school district I am in only provides us with 1/2 hour a week or 52 hours a year. So, if a student qualifies across the ...See MoreI have been a SPED teacher for many years in the public school sector. Now, I am an intervention teacher in a private school. The teachers cannot understand why I cannot do more for the students who qualify for SPED services. The school district I am in only provides us with 1/2 hour a week or 52 hours a year. So, if a student qualifies across the board in reading, writing and math, then the student would only get one subject (like Reading and if could be reading skills/fluency or reading comprehension). Even though I am a certified SPED teacher, I am here as an intervention teacher. Since I have been here, I have held some meetings where I told the parents that their child would be best serviced in a public school setting at this time to get the help they need and that they are welcome to come back here later. This is very hard on some of the teachers that have worked here for a very long time and also belongs to the same parish, as the families. It is hard for them to separate them being professionals vs. being friends in the parish. That is why I have never worked in a school close to my house! The teachers cannot understand why I am not providing the other services the student qualifies for. I have told them why and told them that if I open those flood gates, it will never stop. I told them that an intervention teacher (like RTI) is different than a SPED teacher. An intervention teacher in a private/catholic school works with the teachers to provide strategies to those students that needs to get over the hump and to help those teachers with the students. It is an ongoing struggle and I am at my wits end. I have only been here for a short period of time. The other intervention teacher left last year after a few months.
Am I wrong in thinking this way?
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