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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a twice exceptional student in FCPS. It really just depends on the teacher and case manager and sometimes the administration.  Some years are better than others. He’s in middle school now and the transition went well. From what I’ve read, there is not one particular district or school that is better than the others. [/quote]

I could have written the same thing. Sometimes the non-special ed trained teacher is even better than the sped teacher, you just never know. We had one teacher who was amazing for our kid and it turned out she had a nephew on the spectrum she adored and our son reminded her of him. It truly depends most on the teacher, but then you need supportive admin. The admin brought in to focus on sped at our son's elementary was just a puppet for the principal and it wasn't until she retired that she took me aside during her last week when I saw her at a school function. She told me she was secretly cheering me on, but could have lost her job if she didn't play along with the principal. Let me tell you this woman was a complete jerk before that and I pride myself on being polite and professional no matter what BS comes my way. Meanwhile another AP who had no sped training, was much better at meetings because she had basic common sense and a strong moral code. There have been sped teachers in team taught we will remember forever because of the difference they made and there are clearly in the wrong profession.[/quote]

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