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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a product of the 70s, we never had special ed or ESOL in the main classroom. If you really want differentiated services, get rid of inclusion. In AAP and General Ed there are too many kids that are a distraction. I don't see us going back to the 70s school model, but the reality is that with kids on the spectrum, kids barely speaking English, kids with ADD or ADHD in a class with other, non-issue kids, there is no way a teacher can differentiate.  In fact, the non-issue kids get very little in terms of actual time from the teacher. Differentiated services is a good idea in theory, though. Personally, in my years at FCPS, I have yet to see it in practice. Can you imagine working in an office cubicle with a coworker who acts out and grasps at the air, another one who doesn't understand what the others are saying, another who hits other kids,  and another who acts out due to the inability to focus and then there is you, trying your best to get it done amid the confusion. I give my kids a high 5 every day, for dealing with this reality 6.5 hours a day. Where I work, the aforementioned behavior would not be tolerated by HR. I applaud FCPS teachers, there jobs seriously are hard! I applaud the kids that deal with this everyday, even more applause![/quote]

I too applaud FCPS teachers and agree their jobs are hard, but that seems to be the only area where you and I see eye to eye. I too am a child of the 70s. I tested out gifted. My high functioning autistic child is one of the better behaved kids in his mainstream classroom-better than I was and I wasn't a troublemaker. He is years ahead in reading and math. I can assure you his academic performance is years above what mine was at the same age and he doesn't test out as well as I did on IQ tests. His memory is amazing and far exceeds mine. As per his IEP je gets some support with motor skills and language-using appropriate tenses, etc. I wonder how you think my child could be holding yours back?

You do know there are kids in wheelchairs and/or kids with CP who have zero learning issues right?

What is a child has serious learning issues? Are you familiar with the research? Everyone benefits from inclusion if it is done right. I see no issue with a child with cognitive challenges learning in the same classroom as mine, in fact I applaud it, because at a good public school that child with have supports in place. Furthermore, I want my child to learn to appreciate and value all of his peers regardless of their challenges and strengths. Every child has something to offer to the classroom community.

Now if a kid with behavior issues is impacting the other children's ability to learn, ideally that child often ends up getting more self-contained classroom support and is gradually reintegrated. I know this is not always the case. I also know sometimes the kids with the worst behaviors are the kids without an IEP.[/quote]

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