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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no such thing as co-taught honors classes, you can either have sped support or honors classes.

Teachers don’t have to be trained I. The program to administer it with Fidelity- they can just read the teacher guide.

There is no such thing as certification in teaching OG programs.

Teachers can’t say the word dyslexia in parent teacher conferences, it is illegal.

To be fair- I think some of the people saying these things believed them.  But the mysterious district policy trainings seem to be the source.[/quote]

Some of these seem like just a miscommunication. At the schools where I’ve taught there are no cotaught honors sections because there isn’t the enrollment to justify it. If 10 kids needed cotaught honors algebra then sure it could be created, but for 1-3 kids they can’t use the staffing for it. FAPE doesn’t require honors cotaught, just an “appropriate” course. Some schools don’t offer honors at all in certain subjects, others it’s only honors. It just depends on the demands.

F[b]or the last one, teachers aren’t allowed to diagnose or suggest. [/b]If your child has dyslexia then I will happily talk to you about it, but if it hasn’t been diagnosed all I can share is factual observations of what I’m seeing. We can then test reading and comprehension ability, but I will never say I think a kid might have xyz in any meeting.[/quote]

This is true.  For the same reason, teachers cannot tell a parent "I think your kid has ADHD" because they aren't qualified to make a diagnosis.[/quote]

Teachers can’t diagnose, that is correct.  But is is absolutely NOT ILLEGAL for them to suggest that a child be screened for a learning disability such as dyslexia based on their observations. More than 1 teacher has told me that suggesting screening is illegal, when in fact Child Find is required by law. If there are concerns, a child should be screened.

I am not sure if they are hearing this in teacher college or from their admins. But it needs to be fixed.  K and 1st grade teachers are on the frontlines for identifying kids with learning challenges.[/quote]
The problem is that, as a matter of policy, schools don't want teachers to make suggestions like that.  I found this out with my own ASD kid.  We had a lot of issues in K and 1st grade.  School staff worked with us, but they never suggested seeing a doctor or getting an IEP.  After we requested an IEP, they told us they suspected autism.

I don't fault the schools for not saying anything.  Some parents would become extremely upset if the school said their kid has a disability.  It's not worth risking the anger of those few parents even if most parents would be grateful.[/quote]

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