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This week was so stressful. I have had other teachers at work tell me I am lucky that I don't have very many students this year and that I have so much help in my room. Personally, I'd rather have more kids and less help. Well, maybe not less help. I'd like to swap one of my paras. This is my third year with this guy (or is it my fourth?). I also h...See MoreThis week was so stressful. I have had other teachers at work tell me I am lucky that I don't have very many students this year and that I have so much help in my room. Personally, I'd rather have more kids and less help. Well, maybe not less help. I'd like to swap one of my paras. This is my third year with this guy (or is it my fourth?). I also had him in my room a few years ago for part of a year. I have to tell you all that I've done my penance. If you don't know him you'd think he's very intelligent and helpful. Well, let me tell you different. We were doing "journaling" in class yesterday. The students were to choose pictures on a choice sheet to answer questions. To be fair, it was the first time we'd done this. However, the instructions were simple. 1. Ask the question. 2. Show the student the communication sheet and read the words/symbols to the student. Have the student point to what they want to say. 4. Assist the student to cut out that choice. 5. Assist the student to put glue on the communication picture and put it on the journal page. Didn't happen. The child pointed to the picture and the para wrote the answer on the sheet. The child was reaching for the scissors and he stopped him. UGH! Then today I asked him if it was still hot and humid outside. He told me that it was more than humid. I could just see that he was searching for a word to describe it. Finally he said, "It's more than humid. It's, it's, it's (wait for it)....ARID!" ARRRGGGHHHHH! I just nodded and smiled. So happy it's the weekend. Kathy
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I'm a homeschooling parent currently studying In Education. I homeschool my 9yr old son with special needs, Mod/Sev AUTISM & ADHD, with minimal areas of higher functioning. His is "primarily" non-verbal but can verbally communicate simple wants and needs. ("I want ***** " ), verbalizing (with articulation issues) 3-4 letter words, single syllab...See MoreI'm a homeschooling parent currently studying In Education. I homeschool my 9yr old son with special needs, Mod/Sev AUTISM & ADHD, with minimal areas of higher functioning. His is "primarily" non-verbal but can verbally communicate simple wants and needs. ("I want ***** " ), verbalizing (with articulation issues) 3-4 letter words, single syllable words and is now combining some small two syllable words..pan-cake, coo-kie, ice-cream. He has been using Edmark level 1 over the past 2 years (in school) with some success but not quite functionally reading. I would love to add a multi-sensory phonics program, with room for modifications if necessary, to his Edmark sight word approach. I am combining sounding out the words and signing the word, as we work on our sight word vocabulary. He is becoming very receptive of this. I have done much research and I am at a stand still. My most appealing is the Mayor-Johnson ALL Reading Curriculum, Wilson Fundations (though his communication skills are not quite ready), All about Reading (possibly pre-reading), Llindamood. I could really use everyone's suggestions on this topic. I would hate to purchase, wait for delivery, and try to implement a program that ends up being not a good fit...only to go back to the drawing board. So please, any advice would be helpful and GREATLY Appreciated! Thank you all! P.S He is not on any meds due to a crisis in side effects, which has led me to homeschool. So due to ADHD, a multisensory approach is crucial. Ty!
Help! I am the only special ed teacher at the high school level at a fairly small 6-12 grade school. Being small, you would think that everything in special ed would be better. I was very wrong with that assumption. My struggle is that i have 12 students during one block for resource, in grades from 9-12, with three different core classes that they...See MoreHelp! I am the only special ed teacher at the high school level at a fairly small 6-12 grade school. Being small, you would think that everything in special ed would be better. I was very wrong with that assumption. My struggle is that i have 12 students during one block for resource, in grades from 9-12, with three different core classes that they need assistance in, usually one on one. I literally cannot help all 12 students at once. I try my best, but at the end of the day I feel like someone is neglected. Not to mention, i should be enhancing their skills and iep goal and transitional needs through lessons i create. That might leave 30-40 minutes for the students to get help on homework or assignments from other classes. Last year I tried multiple different classroom models without any seeming very successful. This year, I started station work, but again, I cannot be at more than one station at a time and these students are not the best at working independently. Any adivce at all is helpful. I am certainly willing to try something again with adjustments. Even if there is someone out there in my position, it would be awesome to hear from, because this is very different from my student teaching environment.
My two self-contained LIMI teacher coworkers and I texted on and off all day yesterday about the new curriculum. We are all in agreement that we have no clue what we are doing. However, we are ahead of the game because we all have been teaching our own academically based programs for years, unlike some of our peers in the district who did more self...See MoreMy two self-contained LIMI teacher coworkers and I texted on and off all day yesterday about the new curriculum. We are all in agreement that we have no clue what we are doing. However, we are ahead of the game because we all have been teaching our own academically based programs for years, unlike some of our peers in the district who did more self-help/care type programs. So, we are going to just plug and along and do the best we can. Our supervisor will be in the building today, which is both nerve-wracking and somewhat comforting at the same time. I am changing my paras' schedules today, too, so that will be a bit stressful. I have one who is very, um, resistant to change. The building opens in 9 minutes. I'd better get going. Love getting there at 6:00 a.m. so I can be one of the first at the copy machine. Kathy
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