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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve taught and this type of inclusion is not a good idea, nor is it fair to anyone.

Under this model, the pace of learning necessarily must slow to the rate of the slowest challenged learner. This slow pace leads to boredom for all the students capable of accelerated or even a normal pace of learning.

It’s also unfair to the special educational needs students because regular Gen Ed teachers don’t have the training or degrees of specialist teachers and are not as prepared to handle the unique needs of this student population; an occasional visit by a specialist is a sorry, “band-aid” approach which is not effective.

FCPS needs to end this practice for everyone’s sake.[/quote]

This isn’t why team taught is.  Are you talking about something else?[/quote]

Inclusion in general [/quote]

Inclusion does work for certain profiles of kids with learning issues and some mental health issues. An IEP should not be an automatic pass to a special class for kids with IEPs. But the kids it works for are kids that need less intensive scaffolding and can keep pace with the class with some accomodations, like listening to a book in English instead of reading the book or extra time on tests because of how the student processes.

There are kids with emotional issues and mental health issues who can be in the regular class once they have been able to address the underlying issue but might need some supports to help them maintain that placement.

Inclusion doesn't work for the kid who is regularly clearing out the classroom, attacking teachers or students, or not able to function in the class because they are overwhelmed.

Team Taught classes can be great but it depends on the teachers in the class. We had a friend who was in a team taught class and still did not get the help that they needed because both teachers were not good. The regular teacher was more focused on being a tiktoc influencer and the SPED teacher did not even meet th basic requirements of the kids IEP. He did well in the class but his anxiety levels were through the roof. As in all things, the concept only works if the people who are leading it are good at their jobs. Sometimes one or the other is not, on a rare occassion they are both bad.

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