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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder whose idea it was to have integrated classrooms with no support.

I guess the support dwindled over time.  Eons ago, I was an EA.  (Called paras now?)  I worked mainly with one child to manage behavior. I sat right beside him most of the day.  I was able to head off any outbursts, and minimize distractions.  If he was working well I could go around and help other kids with reading, or whatever they were working on.

Now, that child would be in the classroom with no support.. He would [b]start kicking his feet..  Then drum on his desk.  Then start singing.[/b]  He needed someone to help him focus.  Fortunately his physical outbursts were rare.  But, that one kid could be quite a distraction and take up a lot of time all on his own.

Teachers need more support, period.[/quote]

That’s what he would do? I have at least 6 in a class of 26 that do things like that non-stop and none are special needs students.[/quote]

That was his starting point.  It escalated from there.  He was 5 1/2 with the maturity of a 3 year old.  He was known to throw things, scream, and bite before they hired an EA for him.  As I said, this was ages ago.  Some might be surprised by the fact that those behaviors haven't always been tolerated.  Some of the crap we see now would have had kids removed from the classroom.  We were actually allowed to do that.[/quote]

That kid needs to be removed from the regular class and put in a separate one. We can’t sacrifice the learning of the 25 other students for some doubtful outcome of a troubled student.

Just to show how messed up the schools are at my child’s they hired a mental health counselor, but they don’t have a science teacher. [/quote]

He didn't need to be removed, he needed in class support.

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As in one dedicated teacher to distract the troubled kid so that the rest can do their reading?

Sorry, but with the limited resources schools have, that’s just not a sensible approach.[/quote]

What would you do?  If teachers can't have the level of in class support that is needed, then maybe we need to go back to separate classrooms?  Integrated classrooms without support doesn't work.  Separate classrooms cause some parents to scream about inequality.

I didn't merely distract him.  I worked with him to do his work, on his level.  He had a modified lesson plan that the special ed teacher developed.[/quote]

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