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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op my kid has awful dysgraphia and other disabilities and the reaction of teachers to my kid's issues with motor skills was one of the worst issues I had to face. Most teachers blame parents for the child's inability to write. We had 20 iep meetings one year because the football coach/math teacher (he was a horrible teacher) was angry about my kid's dysgraphia and in our first IEP meeting asked why we hadn't taught our kid to write. He bullied and tormented our very scared child. We had to get lawyers and advocates involved.

The ignorance about dysgraphia by school staff is astounding. My kid's case manager and  the Vice Principal responsible for special ed at my kid's high school had no idea what dsygraphia is.[/quote]

This is why so many special education teachers are quitting. You made the special education teacher hold 20 meetings in one year not because she wasn't doing her job but because you were mad at the football/math coach? So the special education teacher couldn't work with any other student during all those meeting and she also spent countless hours doing paper work.

I get why OP is annoyed, but I don't get why OP is so mad. Teacher takes time to email parent. Sounds like it wasn't a valid reason to email but the student is not getting a zero and can still complete the work. Maybe the teacher was explaining your kid could still get credit. Maybe the teacher just sucks. It is the end of the year. It just seems like it isn't worth the stress of making a big deal over it. It could be also that  I am just worn down over my kid not getting accommodation and realized even in the past if I have been proactive and made calls and emails nothing much changed.

Teachers who are going to accommodate will and those who won't will just keep making excuses. Now I call the counselor and ask other parents which teacher are the ones who won't accommodate and I try to figure out a way not to have my kid take their class. [/quote]

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