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I would be interested in knowing what your state does in
regard to provide ESL/ bilingual special education
services. I would like to know what you do about a student
that seems to act up in the classroom because she is unable
to express her feelings and needs in her native language.
What steps do students take to communicate with children in
an all English classroom, when that child's behavior
becomes disruptive and professionals around you are
convinced that she has attention deficit disorder. What if
intelligence testing seems to show that your student not
only has behavior problems, but knows very basic vocabulary
and could be easily classified as mentally retarded?... The
parents always seem to be gone from home and you have
little way to communicate with them?... How do you help
this child?
Alba Olmedo /blockquote>

On 1/17/04, Concerned citizen wrote:
> I would be interested in knowing what your state does in
> regard to provide ESL/ bilingual special education
> services. I would like to know what you do about a student
> that seems to act up in the classroom because she is unable
> to express her f...See More
Feb 5, 2004
a bilingual teacher /blockquote>

First of all, if the testing was not done in the child's
native language, the data is not valid (and in fact, violates
the student's rights). Many tests exist in many different
languages. Last resort, your psychologist should use the
services of a translator to assist with testing. As for the
parents, th...See More
Mar 12, 2005


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