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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok. How do you know which teachers have the inclusion classes so you can request that your kid be placed with a different teacher from the start of the year?[/quote]

You can easily tell by who’s in the class. A lot of low kids and behavioral issues. [/quote]

You can also tell by if there's a SPED teacher in the classroom for a lot of the school day (and at back-to-school nights, open houses, etc.).  [/quote]

I realized that my kid was assigned to the SPED class only after the back-to-school night. This was three weeks after the school year started and too late to request classroom change. I also thought that the assignment might not differ much from other classrooms (I really have no issues whatsoever with integration of SPED students), but the school year was a complete disaster compared to everything we experienced before. Whether it was overwhelmed or untrained teacher or a really difficult combination of students, the drama was never ending. At this school, and under the same circumstances, I would strongly recommend avoiding gened assignments to the SPED classroom and complete overhaul of the management of the SPED program. There has to be a reason why some schools are capable of providing thriving integration of SPED and gened students, while others end up with a big mess.[/quote]

Big gross to calling it the "SPED class". Sometimes this forum really shows people for who they really are, and it's ugly. I don't know who you are, but I hope you take some time to reflect on why you feel the need to say things like this.[/quote]

And what is it called? Is SPED not official acronym? Please do explain since I do not understand why SPED term is offensive.[/quote]

The person making the analogy to the short bus probably had the best answer. It's a classroom that has students with varied needs, including students that have IEPs. I don't think I need a woke medal, but the connotation people use on this thread when they call something the SPED class or complain about being around SPED kids ignorant and offensive.[/quote]

I have never heard of SPED as derogatory.  Many who work in special education use that term.  [/quote]

I (the PP) don't find the term SPED derogatory in a vacuum. People here are using it as a negative connotation, which is the issue.[/quote] Ok, now you have to be kidding me! First, you claim SPED is derogatory term on its own, then when you are refuted by a classroom you walk back and claim “negative connotation”. There was absolutely nothing derogatory in my post. For a moment there, I actually believed you that SPED may be inappropriate term to use in general and I wanted to find out what I should call classrooms where all special Ed students are grouped together and only few gened kids are added randomly. Unless teachers and school admins say otherwise, I think you don’t know what you are talking about and you just attacked my post for no reason! I actually stated that initially I had no problem with my child being in that classroom until I realized there was a number of big issues, and again, due to mismanagement not due to students having the needs they have.[/quote]

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