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[quote=Anonymous]I have questions based on my experience and curiosity. However, I do not want it to come across as insensitive or rude.

I teach 8th grade Social Studies in a SPED cotaught classroom. This is my first year teaching. I am not understanding how I am teaching the same exact curriculum that is given to the general ed and TAG students and feeding it to the SPED 8th graders. The majority of my 8th graders are autistic. Autism is a spectrum, I am aware. The students historical academic data shows that they are mostly on a kindergarten level, if that. I have students that are nonverbal, students that elope, students that have vocal stimming, oral fixations and wear bibs, etc. The last week consisted of me blocking my door so students do not run out, my body being overly touched, taking pencils and objects out of students reach, etc. What am I doing? I am not teaching. I am just making sure these students are safe until they get to the next class. The students are not learning 8th grade curriculum but I have to still teach them. I don’t know how. I feel like they should be learning social and foundational skills. Is this Special Education? I feel like we have taken these vulnerable children and put them in a classroom away from the general population of the rest of the school and provided nothing else for them. We give them the same curriculum, same state test and expect the same results as others. Sentence starters, word banks, text to speech, etc are not helping the students access the same exact curriculum. It does not provide these students with academic growth. What am I doing wrong? What am I thinking that is incorrect? I am up at night just thinking about these students. I feel like we are failing them, myself included.

I deeply apologize if this is coming off as offensive in anyway. That is not my intention. I guess I am just asking for parents perspective in their child’s academic journey for students that are similar. I have a hard time asking others at the school. I have a co teacher and she says we are just making sure they survive for a year and we survive as well. That just can’t be it though. [/quote]

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