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[quote=Anonymous]As a SN parent who encountered the full range of teachers (and other school professionals) from horrendous to wonderful, this occurred to me and wish more people woudl consider this as a framework:

Think of 2 axes (i.e. x-y as in math). The Y-axis is the perspective of the parent--the parent's experience of the child over time. The x-axis is the perspective of the parent--the child as compared to, or in the context of, his/her education with his peers. Both dimensions are needed to really see the child in terms of education.

This idea came from something specific--some kind of emotional/behavioral checklist that was done by 6 different people when DS was 12, I don't recall the name of the instrument. At the time he was actually in a therapeutic placement. Checklists were done by his therapeutic caregiver, his dad, myself, and 3 teachers. There was a striking difference in how behavior was perceived comparing the teachers to the other 3 of us, and it jumped out at me that the perception basically boiled down to us focused on what we understood of his internal self and the teachers in terms of his external self. I remember looking online to see if these differences had been studied by anyone (in general) and I did come across some things suggesting that they were.

But if either--parent or teacher--insists on his or her view as the only correct view, basically they are taking their one dimension as the only dimension that matters. These perspectives should complement each other, not necessarily be weighed on a scale as to which is more valid. [/quote]

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