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[quote=Anonymous]Special ed elementary teacher here. My own children had IEPs in school. Now one of my grandchildren is in the process of being identified for special ed. What I see, on a daily basis, is that many children with special needs 'relax' in the resource or self-contained classrooms. Most of them are aware, at least somewhat, of their differences and are more comfortable with the smaller classes and greater attention. Some of them relax too much - they hold it together in the general ed class and then show unwanted behaviors in the smaller class. But many of them spend time in the gen ed class trying to melt into the background so their peers don't realize how difficult it is for them, and then they turn into talkative, interactive young people in the special ed setting. I think that for the majority of my students, time spent with the gen ed population is worth it socially. But when it's a child that melts down regularly and is overly disruptive, it's misguided to think that they are benefitting from time in the gen ed class - if anything, the other students are seeing first-hand that this kid is unpredictable and/or dangerous and it hurts them socially. [/quote]

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