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severe class

by angel

Mar 3, 2016

I REALLY need help. The severe teacher at my school quit in January. She left one day later. I was called and have taken over. I thought she had a good routine going but she did not. I have had to start over from scratch. I also have new aides. It is chaotic and I keep fixing the schedule and something always goes wrong!!!! I have been doing it for about 5 weeks. I am getting very tired. :( I have done schedules pretty much every night and sometimes I am up until 2 am My question is..... It is a self contained classroom. I have 9 students. They are all in different grades. So, they go to specials, recess and lunch at all different times!! They need the socialization, but it is too crazy with 9 kids. I cant get to my teaching enough. Anyone have some thoughts/ideas for a severe class of 9 going all diff directions all the time and still doing their IEP's?????? PLEASE

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Eileen On 3/04/16, Denise wrote:
> On 3/04/16, Denise wrote:
>> On 3/04/16, wryn wrote:
>>> Is it required that they follow schedules of their
>>> same-age peers? I gather you're in elementary school.
>>> My situation is a little different because my students
>>> are in high school, but the...See More

Mar 4, 2016

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Linda On 3/03/16, angel wrote: > I REALLY need help. The severe teacher at my school quit > in January. She left one day later. I was called and have > taken over. I thought she had a good routine going but > she did not. I have had to start over from scratch. I also > have new aides. It is chaotic and I keep fixing the > schedule and s...See More

Mar 5, 2016

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LN Angel, I have handed severe and profound this year. I sympathize. I have been taking advice from our Area Agency. They tell me it is best that the socialization factor comes from typical peers. It is hard to have them learn from each other because they don't have good socialization skills. Is it possible to work with classroom teachers to find time...See More

Mar 15, 2016

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Eileen On 3/05/16, Linda wrote: > On 3/03/16, angel wrote: >> I REALLY need help. The severe teacher at my school quit >> in January. She left one day later. I was called and have >> taken over. I thought she had a good routine going but >> she did not. I have had to start over from scratch. I also >> have new aides. It is...See More

Mar 18, 2016

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Emily On 3/18/16, Eileen wrote: > On 3/05/16, Linda wrote: >> On 3/03/16, angel wrote: >>> I REALLY need help. The severe teacher at my school quit >>> in January. She left one day later. I was called and have >>> taken over. I thought she had a good routine going but >>> she did not. I have had to start over ...See MoreOn 3/18/16, Eileen wrote: > On 3/05/16, Linda wrote: >> On 3/03/16, angel wrote: >>> I REALLY need help. The severe teacher at my school quit >>> in January. She left one day later. I was called and have >>> taken over. I thought she had a good routine going but >>> she did not. I have had to start over from scratch. I also >>> have new aides. It is chaotic and I keep fixing the >>> schedule and something always goes wrong!!!! >>> I have been doing it for about 5 weeks. I am getting very >>> tired. :( I have done schedules pretty much every night and >>> sometimes I am up until 2 am >>> My question is..... >>> It is a self contained classroom. I have 9 students. They >>> are all in different grades. So, they go to specials, >> recess >>> and lunch at all different times!! >>> They need the socialization, but it is too crazy with 9 >> kids. >>> I cant get to my teaching enough. >>> Anyone have some thoughts/ideas for a severe class of 9 >>> going all diff directions all the time and still doing >> their >>> IEP's?????? >>> PLEASE

I would definitely take the suggestion of others and get all of your students on the same lunch and special schedule, it will make the room flow much better. To keep the adults in the room organized(as well as the students) make a schedule on a large white board or piece of paper. Have the whole week laid out for each day and broken down in segments (we break ours into 30 minutes segments because that is typically how long a pull out service is). Each service (speech, OT, PT, etc) can be a color and then write the student's name in that color. For example, if at 10:30 "Logan" goes to speech(blue), "Jack and Kyle" go to OT(green)and "Ashley" goes to social work (red) then you could write their names in the color of the service in the 10:30 segment. We have the exact same schedule each week but if there and changes in services at all we just pre set the students and make the changes on the whiteboard for that day. It takes a little while to get used to it but once all the adults in the room understand it, everyone will be on the same page about who is going where and at what time. Also, it is really important to make it clear who is responsible for what in the classroom. I would try to plan a time to sit down with all of the TA's and ensure they all know what is expected of each of them.

Apr 10, 2016

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