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by Phoenix Alexander

Feb 4, 2015

I am looking into moving from Massachusetts to Texas this summer. I have a 6 yr old daughter who has ADHD, and I was wondering if anyone knows of the best school that she would be able to attend in McAllen, TX. She is currently in the 1st grade and is going to be starting up in the 2nd grade next school year.

Making a switch?

by Kat_Kong

Jan 28, 2015

Hi, I am in my 7th year of teaching sped (a mild-moderate resource room setting k-5) and my 4th year at my current assignment. There is a part of me that is just over teaching sped...the paperwork, the scheduling, the groups that kids don't want to come to (esp older kids), working with the same kids year after year, etc. and I am seriously contemp...See More

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Betty Please!!! On 1/28/15, Kat_Kong wrote: > Hi, > I am in my 7th year of teaching sped (a mild-moderate > resource room setting k-5) and my 4th year at my current > assignment. There is a part of me that is just over > teaching sped...the paperwork, the scheduling, the groups > that kids don't want to come to (esp older kids), working > with...See More

Feb 1, 2015

Betty Please!!! On 1/28/15, Kat_Kong wrote: > Hi, > I am in my 7th year of teaching sped (a mild-moderate > resource room setting k-5) and my 4th year at my current > assignment. There is a part of me that is just over > teaching sped...the paperwork, the scheduling, the groups > that kids don't want to come to (esp older kids), working > with...See More

Feb 1, 2015

9th grader that can't read

Nov 3, 2014

I have a 9th grade student who can't read. I teach automotive and learned of his disability when I asked him to read aloud to the class one day. He was embarrassed and so was I. My question is: If all his teachers up to this point have passed him should I pass him? I could give him grades on hands on projects and put him through that way. I am a ne...See More

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Liz I'm sorry to be the turd in the punchbowl here, but most schools stop teaching reading in about the second or third grade. Even getting identified as LD does not guarantee any sort of reading instruction...you often only get an hour of resource where you spend your time scrambling to get tests and work read, other classwork finished and so on...usu...See More

Nov 11, 2014

ntee2013 On 11/03/14, David Lee wrote: > I have a 9th grade student who can't read. I teach > automotive and learned of his disability when I asked him > to read aloud to the class one day. He was embarrassed > and so was I. My question is: If all his teachers up to > this point have passed him should I pass him? I could > give him grades ...See More

Jan 31, 2015

Letter on parent communication

by bookhobbit

Jan 13, 2015

I teach nonverbal teenagers in a public high school. I struggle with the lack of parent communication. We usually find out what's changed or going on through the bus drivers! I would like to be more proactive and send home a letter at the beginning of the year explaining the importance of communication from home. I am missing important information ...See More

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Susan Van I too have used communication notebooks, although they do not always get returned each day. It is a helpful way to communicate back and forth.

Jan 14, 2015

KT Have you tried email or direct text to the parents phone? That works for me.

On 1/14/15, Susan Van wrote: > I too have used communication notebooks, although they do not > always get returned each day. It is a helpful way to communicate > back and forth.

Jan 20, 2015

I need your help

Jan 18, 2015

Hi, I'm Claudine working for social minorities in Korea. Actually I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post here as I'm not a teacher. If I made mistake, please forgive me.

I just need your help.

(Also I posted the same message on General Interest board too because I want more people to see it)

This month, I got a case of a wom...See More

Curious On 1/18/15, Claudine wrote: > Hi, I'm Claudine working for social minorities in Korea. > Actually I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post here as I'm not a > teacher. If I made mistake, please forgive me. > > I just need your help. > > (Also I posted the same message on General Interest board too > because I want more people to ...See More

Jan 18, 2015

What has she failed? On 1/18/15, Curious wrote: > On 1/18/15, Claudine wrote: >> Hi, I'm Claudine working for social minorities in Korea. >> Actually I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post here as I'm not > a >> teacher. If I made mistake, please forgive me. >> >> I just need your help.

More information is needed. What country ...See More

Jan 18, 2015

RISING AUTISM PREVALENCE: REAL OR DISPLACING OTHER MENTAL DI

by Twit

Nov 13, 2014

htt p://onlinelibrary.wiley.c om/doi/10.1111/ecin.12137/abstract;jsessionid=7B00003CEC9222 29BD8223F4E629ED44.f01t04

Abstract

Autism is a development disorder that has increased in prevalence from 0.5 to 14.7 per 1,000 children over 1970– 2010. Using annual wages and provider counts from the American Community Survey and informa...See More

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AutismEducators.com (Debbie) On 1/10/15, Anna wrote: > On 11/13/14, Twit wrote: >> htt p://onlinelibrary.wiley.c >> > om/doi/10.1111/ecin.12137/abstract;jsessionid=7B00003C > EC9222 >> 29BD8223F4E629ED44.f01t04 >> >> Abstract >> >> >> Autism is a development disorder that has increased in >> prevalence from 0.5 to ...See MoreOn 1/10/15, Anna wrote: > On 11/13/14, Twit wrote: >> htt p://onlinelibrary.wiley.c >> > om/doi/10.1111/ecin.12137/abstract;jsessionid=7B00003C > EC9222 >> 29BD8223F4E629ED44.f01t04 >> >> Abstract >> >> >> Autism is a development disorder that has increased in >> prevalence from 0.5 to 14.7 per 1,000 children over 1970– >> 2010. Using annual wages and provider counts from the >> American Community Survey and information from 21 > regional >> development centers in California, we estimate the labor >> demand for auxiliary health providers. We focus on this >> subset of providers because, unlike physicians and >> psychologists who can diagnose autism, these workers > cannot >> induce their own demand. If the incidence of autism is >> increasing independently of other mental disorders, then >> the demand for auxiliary health providers should increase, >> leading to higher wages and labor supply. Otherwise, the >> increase in autism diagnosis is merely displacing other >> mental disorders. We find that a 100&37; increase in autism >> cases increases the wages of auxiliary health workers over >> non-autism health occupations by 8–11&37; and the number > of >> providers by 9–14&37;. Furthermore, we find that one of every >> three new autism diagnoses is merely supplanting mental >> retardation diagnoses, but does not displace other mental >> disorders. These estimates suggest that at least part of >> the increase in autism diagnoses, about 50–65&37;, reflects > an >> increase in the true prevalence of the disorder. (JEL L11, >> J2, J3) > > We had a very good paraprofessional who used to work at > the state facility for the mentally retarded in a nearby city. > She left that job to get her teaching certification and to work > in a place where her life wouldn't be in danger. She had > worked in the facility for many years and her take was that > because of the shut down of facilities for mentally ill adults, > many of the beds intended for the mentally retarded adults > were taken up. The actions she saw in the facility were far > more consistent with mental illness than mental retardation. > > In a similar manner, the use of the ADHD diagnosis and now > autism and bipolar, is meant to make a mental retardation > diagnosis more palatable. Originally, special education was > meant for students who scored on testing far below their > indicated IQ. By that definition, students who were stuck at > the emotion and intellectual age of a toddler would not be > considered Special Education material because they have > achieved what they are intellectually capable of achieving. I > think the original intent of ADA was to provide services for > students who were intellectually capable, but who had vision, > hearing or physical impairment. Thanks to ADA and > subsequent lawsuits, we literally have students arriving on > IV"s on gurney's who are non-verbal and really not capable > of learning much. It essentially amounts to daycare and some > therapy. And I guess that is because so many facilities have > been closed down. My son in law is a psychologist who > works with kids "on the spectrum" and even he says that > many who come to him are not autistic, but just very low > intellectually and would benefit more from basic life skills > training than in putting them in an English or Algebra class > for social purposes.

This could not have been said any better, than if I had said it myself. The best example of this that I can provide is regards to a child who lives down the street. Within the child's first year of life, she developed a high fever and was quite ill. The doctor said it was "just a virus", but it was something much more. As soon as she recovered, her family noticed a huge difference in her and developmental milestones ceased. The family sued and won millions of dollars from the doctor and hospital. Can you guess what her eligibility is... AUTISM. While her parents and doctor know this is not true at all, they knew that she would have access to more services with the label of autism.

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Jan 18, 2015

Noel On 1/18/15, AutismEducators.com (Debbie) wrote: > On 1/10/15, Anna wrote: >> On 11/13/14, Twit wrote: >>> htt p://onlinelibrary.wiley.c >>> >> om/doi/10.1111/ecin.12137/abstract;jsessionid=7B00003C >> EC9222 >>> 29BD8223F4E629ED44.f01t04 >>> >>> Abstract >>> >>> >...See MoreOn 1/18/15, AutismEducators.com (Debbie) wrote: > On 1/10/15, Anna wrote: >> On 11/13/14, Twit wrote: >>> htt p://onlinelibrary.wiley.c >>> >> om/doi/10.1111/ecin.12137/abstract;jsessionid=7B00003C >> EC9222 >>> 29BD8223F4E629ED44.f01t04 >>> >>> Abstract >>> >>> >>> Autism is a development disorder that has increased in >>> prevalence from 0.5 to 14.7 per 1,000 children over 1970– >>> 2010. Using annual wages and provider counts from the >>> American Community Survey and information from 21 >> regional >>> development centers in California, we estimate the labor >>> demand for auxiliary health providers. We focus on this >>> subset of providers because, unlike physicians and >>> psychologists who can diagnose autism, these workers >> cannot >>> induce their own demand. If the incidence of autism is >>> increasing independently of other mental disorders, then >>> the demand for auxiliary health providers should increase, >>> leading to higher wages and labor supply. Otherwise, the >>> increase in autism diagnosis is merely displacing other >>> mental disorders. We find that a 100&37; increase in autism >>> cases increases the wages of auxiliary health workers over >>> non-autism health occupations by 8–11&37; and the number >> of >>> providers by 9–14&37;. Furthermore, we find that one of every >>> three new autism diagnoses is merely supplanting mental >>> retardation diagnoses, but does not displace other mental >>> disorders. These estimates suggest that at least part of >>> the increase in autism diagnoses, about 50–65&37;, reflects >> an >>> increase in the true prbabysitters >> We had a very good paraprofessional who used to work at >> the state facility for the mentally retarded in a nearby city. >> She left that job to get her teaching certification and to work >> in a place where her life wouldn't be in danger. She had >> worked in the facility for many years and her take was that >> because of the shut down of facilities for mentally ill adults, >> many of the beds intended for the mentally retarded adults >> were taken up. The actions she saw in the facility were far >> more consistent with mental illness than mental retardation. >> >> In a similar manner, the use of the ADHD diagnosis and now >> autism and bipolar, is meant to make a mental retardation >> diagnosis more palatable. Originally, special education was >> meant for students who scored on testing far below their >> indicated IQ. By that definition, students who were stuck at >> the emotion and intellectual age of a toddler would not be >> considered Special Education material because they have >> achieved what they are intellectually capable of achieving. I >> think the original intent of ADA was to provide services for >> students who were intellectually capable, but who had vision, >> hearing or physical impairment. Thanks to ADA and >> subsequent lawsuits, we literally have students arriving on >> IV"s on gurney's who are non-verbal and really not capable >> of learning much. It essentially amounts to daycare and some >> therapy. And I guess that is because so many facilities have >> been closed down. My son in law is a psychologist who >> works with kids "on the spectrum" and even he says that >> many who come to him are not autistic, but just very low >> intellectually and would benefit more from basic life skills >> training than in putting them in an English or Algebra class >> for social purposes. > > This could not have been said any better, than if I had said it > myself. The best example of this that I can provide is regards > to a child who lives down the street. Within the child's first > year of life, she developed a high fever and was quite ill. The > doctor said it was "just a virus", but it was something much > more. As soon as she recovered, her family noticed a huge > difference in her and developmental milestones ceased. The > family sued and won millions of dollars from the doctor and > hospital. Can you guess what her eligibility is... AUTISM. > While her parents and doctor know this is not true at all, they > knew that she would have access to more services with the label > of autism. > >The laws need to change. The schools are becoming a free babysitting service.

Jan 18, 2015

Writer's 40-year search for childhood bully

by Twit

Jan 14, 2015

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Where is Kathy?

by Beth Special Needs

Jan 5, 2015

Just wondering about Kathy...I have not seen her here in a while.

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Beth Special Needs Thanks for the update! Please let Kathy know I miss her!

On 1/13/15, mrsd wrote: > Kathy's doing fine, counting down the days until retirement. > She asked me to let everyone know everything is fine. She's > busy preparing for her formal evaluation, which according to > Charlotte Danielson's format, will be painful. Anyway, she...See More

Jan 13, 2015

Kathleen On 1/13/15, mrsd wrote: > Kathy's doing fine, counting down the days until retirement. > She asked me to let everyone know everything is fine. She's > busy preparing for her formal evaluation, which according to > Charlotte Danielson's format, will be painful. Anyway, she does > lurk occasionally and may post again. But she's found a...See More

Jan 13, 2015

by Omi

Dec 21, 2014

Is anyone here icr or in class support teachers. How are you liking it. I hate it because I don't feel like a teacher

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Liz I'm a "teacher consultant" for 1/2 the day and I don't feel like a teacher either. It's more like tutoring. In fact, the district calls it "seeing kids"...the word "teach" doesn't even come up. You go in for 1/2 hour, help them with homework or play an iPad game (because you have to have "fun" with them!) and...See More

Jan 4, 2015

To MacQ Who and what are subject matter experts? Your admins are getting ceative with their hiring decisions of filling holes (roles) in the classrooms. Anyone can send email concerns of poor hiring practices to your district office and state teachers certification board.

n 1/03/15, MacQ wrote: > On 12/28/14, Nc wrote: >> On 12/21/14, Om...See More

Jan 8, 2015

Common Core Making GED Needlessly Complex

by Twit

Jan 7, 2015

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