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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 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 ...See More
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Bridge It is sickening for everyone involved!! NO ONE can be successful in such a mess!!!

Gen Ed parents NEED to speak up!!
Jan 23, 2015
Concur This is nothing new. Its worse now than before 2005. Its all for show in building healthy relationships. Some Parents dont care anymore.

On 1/23/15, Bridge wrote: > It is sickening for everyone involved!! NO ONE can be > successful in such a mess!!! > > Gen Ed parents NEED to speak up!!
Jan 25, 2015
Am with an oh please! The law does not say all those children belong in a reg ed classroom. LRE is least restrictive and that is not always the regular ed classroom. If the child is not in the reg ed classroom it just needs to be documented as to why. If the parents disagree they can take it to hearing.

This is how YOUR school/district is playing it. Don't bla...See More
Apr 11, 2015
Jon On 1/10/15, Anna wrote:

> On 1/10/15, Betty Ann wrote:

>> My understanding is that writing recommendations is not

>> required.

>>

>> A teacher who is unable/unwilling to write a positive

>> recommendation could simply say something on the order

>...See More
Apr 15, 2015
Kate I agree that Inclusion is not always the best answer in every situation and that it is up to the collaboration between school, special educator, and parents to determine when and how their student should be mainstreamed. I have seen great success with students who are mainstreamed 1:1 or 2:1 with a paraprofessional. The purpose of the IEP is to mee...See More
Apr 19, 2015


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