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[quote=Anonymous]A lot of this is getting beyond the Autism Unit losing support. But, I think it all gets to the heart of the issue. Shifting resources from one part of special ed to another is just exacerbating the overarching problem- special education doesn't have enough resources to go around. The Autism Programs were actually running fairly well and I wonder if it's some misguided attempt to help other areas thinking that these programs will continue to run smoothly without the central office support. That's a HUGE mistake.

RTSEs in elementary schools are great but only solve one problem- lightening the paperwork load for sped teachers. A few behavior specialists on the CFTs is not going to fix the huge behavior problems schools are dealing with and as many have said the special ed specialists (not specific to Autism or other discrete programs) they had bad experiences with were just shifted to those CFTs. Clearly they aren't helping much. But that is the model Taylor thinks is going to handle all the sped support schools need now. Autism specialists still have jobs for now but with no supervisor and no real autism unit, how will they be used?? These questions are not being answered. Gatekeeping happens because there aren't enough seats in a lot of discrete programs, so why not give resources to open more up? There are ways to work toward fixing the system but Taylor is not interested in actually pursuing them.[/quote]

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