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Question for my assessment class

by Jenna

Feb 3, 2018

I am currently a pre-student teaching student in an assessment course. I was asked this week to ask a teacher "Ask a co-worker or Special Education teacher what assessments they use and how they would describe a student's present level of academic achievement (including reading achievement). For preschool children, how they would describe the child...See More

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mscrawford101 Do you still need help with this?

Feb 11, 2018

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Difficult Parents

by Liz

Feb 10, 2018

I posted this in the general board last night and was directed here for more specialized opinion!

Good evening/morning (depending on where you are!)! Before I ask my question, you need some background...

I work for a non-profit agency that works with trauma-informed care. While I AM an educator, I do not work in a "typical classr...See More

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Teaching special ed as a second career

by Andrew

Feb 2, 2018

I'm 50 years old and after 28 years in a highly specialized self-employed career, I'm finding myself in need of a new career. A midlife career change is a daunting prospect and there aren't too many options, especially for someone like me with no employment history. But I keep reading how special ed teachers are in demand. Do you think it is feasib...See More

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men52 My granddaughter had a teacher who was retired from a lengthy career in manufacturing.He had always wanted to be a teacher after having had a fifth grade teacher who had had such a big impact on him. He went back to college to fill in the credits to get his teaching certification and in his late 50's went into teaching. He started out as an interve...See More

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haha I did the same thing that you are contemplating although I was around 40 at the time instead of 50. I had a BA in a non-education field and was able to test into a temporary SPED certification in FL due to the high need and find a job right away. I was also able to find jobs teaching SPED in NY and overseas in int'l schools with little problem. I e...See More

Feb 2, 2018

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Gened teachers providing SDI

by Kevin

Feb 1, 2018

Good afternoon,

I am a music teacher employed in an Ohio special ed charter school. Currently we do not have enough IS's in our building to meet the IEP SDI minutes for our students goals. So we (gened teachers) are being told we must provide that SDI, during class one day a week, to the students in the class. I have two questions:
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Special education teacher?

by Sarah

Jan 24, 2018

I am a college student looking for a major and I am interested in special education. If anyone is willing to answer a few questions regarding their career I would be very thankful.

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haha Sure. What do you want to know?

Jan 26, 2018

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Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey for Special Education

by cslattery

Nov 28, 2017

Hello,

My name is Chelsey Slattery and I am a Nutrition, Family, and Consumer Science Advisor for the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. I am posting this here because I am hoping to discuss the need for nutrition and physical activity education and resources for the special needs populations as perceived by specia...See More

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Para Educator using cell phone in class

by Andrea

Nov 21, 2017

Hello! I am new to this chat room. I am also new to the classroom I'm in currently. A para in my class (I have 8) is on her cell phone often when it's not her break time. She is assigned to a student and does not work with him very much- just the bare minimum she has to do. She spends the rest of the time socializing with other paras. At whole scho...See More

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haha No problem. It's never fun when the adults in the room are more stressful than the students. Good TA's are a blessing but when the para undermines you or makes your job harder they are a curse. Hang in there. Be consistent and start a paper trail (emails where you restate what you have talked about with her are always good :D).

I'm lucky t...See More

Nov 23, 2017

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Andrea Thank you! :)

Nov 23, 2017

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resource classroom

by Jennifer

Nov 19, 2017

I teach resource 4th and 5th. I have both grades for every subject. Math classes are the only ones that are only one grade or the other. My class is small-5-8 depending on the class. I have a couple that come from the EBD room. My students do not get along. My principal says I lack routines and rituals. My question is how do you teach the same subj...See More

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haha Ideally you have a para/TA to teach one group while you teach the other. Barring that, you might find that some type of centers/rotation would be useful. If you have/could find related math activities that one group could do independently/semi-independently while you work with the other group then you could possibly get some meaningful instruction ...See More

Nov 22, 2017

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Language Arts IEP

by Julia

Jun 19, 2017

Hello, I was wondering the qualifications to have a language arts IEP.

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mscrawford101 There is no such thing as a language arts IEP. Under IDEA, a student can't be qualified as having a specific learning disability in one of eight areas: basic rea

Nov 5, 2017

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mscrawford101 Oops! Here are the eight areas

Oral Expression Listening Comprehension Written Expression Basic Reading Skill Reading Fluency Skills Reading Comprehension Mathematical Calculation Mathematical Problem Solving

Nov 5, 2017

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Writing An IP

by J

Jun 1, 2017

Can any administrator at a school write an IEP or does it have to be written by a licensed special education teacher?

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William In California, I was taught that only a special education teacher can write an IEP. However, as with most things in life, your experiences may differ.

Jul 16, 2017

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mscrawford101 The correct answer to this question is the IEP team writes the IEP. It just typically falls to the SpEd teacher in most cases.

Nov 5, 2017

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