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Anonymous wrote:I am genuinely concerned about how much more prevalent situations like this will become as FCPS moves towards 100% inclusion. I’ve already seen classrooms fall into complete chaos as parents of EAC kids at the school I teach at push for their kids to be placed in gen ed classrooms and specials rooms despite the fact that it is a completely inappropriate placement. OP, I’m so sorry your daughter is going through this. I know it’s hard, but please continue to advocate for her and the other kids in her room, and try to get the other parents involved as well. They won’t listen to teachers, but they will listen to parents if they’re loud enough.
This is genuine curiosity - why do parents push for gen ed when their children clearly have special needs? Isn't there more of a chance of that child getting a good education or making progress on challenges in a specialized setting?
Teacher here. They are in denial. They don’t want the kid labeled.
Don’t you realize that a kid can have an IEP and also be academically gifted? My child with autism and ADHD did not belong in a “specialized setting” unless that setting was advanced. Remedial classes or a slow pace would exacerbate any problematic behaviors. Don’t lump all special Ed students together. The I in IEP is individualized.
If your bright kid with autism and ADHD is attacking students and teachers then yes, they belong in a more restrictive environment. If your kid needs support to do the work but isn’t hurting people and isn’t causing enough disruption to stop others learning then cool.
Your kids right to an education should not interfere with everyone else’s right to learn. If a kid is hurting people they don’t belong in gen ed regardless of how smart they are.
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