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[quote=Anonymous]IMO, one of the problems is that MCPS has not developed any standardized, evidence-based  "special instruction" curriculum for any kind of disability. For example, only recently has MCPS even begun to train teachers in the gold-standard reading instruction packages that have an evidence basis for dyslexia.  As a result, kids don't progress - although they could be with the right instruction - and endless meetings, documentation and conflict ensue. Worse, this means every special ed teacher is left to reinvent the wheel, which is time-consuming and ineffective. Multiply that by, literally, every single kind of disability, and huge amounts of time are wasted, not to mention the waste of a child's development and the increase in a negative ripple effect - depression, anxiety, negative conduct in the classroom and conflict with parents.

Another problem is neither special educators nor general ed nor admin really understand their legal obligations. As a result endless hours are wasted when do something wrong - it's often wildly wrong and, again, results in lots of meetings, documentation and paperwork to force the teacher or admin to do the legally-required thing.  I was always mind-boggled how much time I and the entire IEP team wasted on these, extremely obvious matters.

Finally, structurally, MCPS's support framework for SPED is crap. Teacher Reports are generic and don't match IEP goals and objectives so there is no data collection, the gradebook system is not modifiable in any way for accommodations and while there is standardization in terms of ideas for offering accommodations, there is no standardization in the delivery and documentation of accommodations, which, again, leaves sped teachers to reinvent the wheel. [/quote]

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