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Age range in one classroom

by Jeanie

Jul 29, 2017

I have a special needs self contained classroom for students with severe behaviors. Is it legal to have first grade students with fifth grade students with all subjects being taught all day in one setting?

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mscrawford101 As long as you meet your state's criteria for highly qualified, yes.

Nov 5, 2017

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Accommodation & Compliance with GE Inclusion

by Miss L

Sep 6, 2017

Hello, I'm a SPED teacher who pushes in to 9th grade GE ELA classes. The students are being asked to write an essay with no accommodation to determine their baseline. I was told my the team lead that even though we give them graphic organizers for essays on the accommodations page in the IEP, we would not be doing it for this assessment.

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mscrawford101 The IDEA also believes that students should get their accommodations. While I can see both sides of the argument here but it is pretty simple: if it's in the IEP, unless specifically stated otherwise, the kid gets it. Let's talk compliance first. Denying a student accommodations so that they can access their general education curriculum is a substa...See More

Nov 5, 2017

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Wheelchair/Low Function/Low Attention

by Mike

Oct 20, 2017

I'm working with a student in my class who is wheelchair bound with some functionality of his hands. He is mentally around the age of 4 to 6 years old. I'll give him two options and he will pick one, I can help him do that activity for a few minutes, when I walk away he just stops and does nothing. I have not been working with him for long yet and ...See More

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Pica

by Sarah

Sep 26, 2017

I have a kid in my class who eats EVERYTHING but especially Expo markers and someone suggesting giving her something that's like a marker as a substitute for example giving a chalk eater tums because it has the same texture. I can't think of what to give her though so please someone help!

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Mike what about something like this http://www.wilton.com/bold-tip-edible-markers/609-115.html

Oct 20, 2017

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I want out of SPED

by California Teacher

Sep 18, 2017

Hi all,

I have been an RSP teacher at the jr. high and high school levels, and am on year 7. I have been a co-teacher, lead my own tutorials, taught SDC high school classes, and study skills. I want to transfer/add a multiple subject credential, as my ultimate goal is to teach elementary school. Where do I start getting answers? I see inf...See More

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Online contracting

by LorieS

Jul 4, 2017

I have an interview for a special education online contracting position. As this is new to me I am wondering if anyone with this experience would be willing to post what I should expect in the position as well as what I should look for in regards to the organization as well as suggested questions during the interview. Any insight would be greatly a...See More

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marcicmoose I was an Online special education teacher for 6 years! What do you want to know? I would research the program. They are all very different.

Aug 19, 2017

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Academics in EBD Classroom

by marcicmoose

Aug 19, 2017

I am starting a new EBD class at my middle school. I have never found a way to deliver academic instruction in this environment that truly meets the diverse needs of the students and accounts for how some of them come and go for short periods of time out of gen ed into the EBD class. I'm thinking of centers or project based learning or self-paced f...See More

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Points and Levels System

by lark265

Aug 12, 2017

This year I will be teaching a class with grades 3-5 of students with Emotional Disturbance and Behavior Disorders. I know it will be a challenging class. I believe there will be about 8-10 students with two Para-Professionals.

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haha Hi. I taught a very similar class with one TA (and a shared safe room/isolation room staffed by additional TA's). We used a very detailed points system with privileges that could be earned and lost and it worked very well for us. As I recall, each block of the schedule was broken into sections and at the end of the day point totals were recorded. E...See More

Aug 12, 2017

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58 year-old new Special Education teacher intro

by William

Jul 16, 2017

Hi, took my early retirement pension from 35 years in construction trades in 2014. Graduated magna cum laude with my BA in Sociology/ minor in Psych just last May 2017. Took the four prerequisite SPED classes my senior year to apply for post-grad SPED mild/moderate intern program. Amazingly, just got hired as a 7th grade SPED intern teacher at bigg...See More

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Questionnaire on Bullying(it's for my dissertation) pls help

by Alice

Jun 4, 2017

Hello everyone, I am an ed student and I am in my senior year. My dissertation's topic is how teachers of regular and special education perceive bullying. Could you please spend 5 minutes and answer this form ? It is completely anonymous

https://goo.gl/forms/G2jJbFktTHM8pZ7o1

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