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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s really alarming how many of you think that the problem is the child being in a mainstream school instead of a “more restrictive setting”. I work in self-contained special education and it isn’t a dumping ground for dangerous kids. My students are extremely vulnerable. Many of them are nonverbal and most of them can’t read or write in a traditional way. Although they are in upper elementary, many of them are functioning on a kindergarten or prekindergarten level. We had a student transfer to my class who was of above average intelligence but disruptive and violent. The students in my class had no way to advocate for themselves around this child and I was terrified about what he could do to them. The children with the highest needs ALSO have rights and need us to protect them. Do better. [/quote]

I've worked in self-contained special education in the past and am currently a special education teacher who mostly does pull out/ push in. I think a big part of the problem is that small group classes or classrooms are quickly becoming a dumping ground for students who can't handle a regular class setting and are disruptive and sometimes violent. It's completely unfair to the other students in the class who do not have these behaviors and also unfair to the staff, who are usually stretched thin trying to meet the needs of students who need a lot of extra assistance with daily living skills and activities. We used to have many more ED centers or schools that had dedicated ED classrooms for kids who could keep up academically but were too disruptive for a regular classroom setting. That fell out of favor when NCLB started. It's time to revisit the concept.[/quote]

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