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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many schools put all spec ed in one room - depending on school size, program size, and staffing, there is often no other way to meet the requirements of the law in terms of providing extra assistance.  When I was a teacher, one classroom always had all the spec ed, another had all the esol, and so on.  To balance it out, whoever got all the spec ed also got all the gifted, or some extra really good students.  Sounds like your child is the balancer.  It can be a good thing or a bad thing to have spec ed in the class with your child.  It just depends on the teachers, the students, and the school.  And sometimes the year.  [/quote]

Children with IEPs are supposed to be individually placed based on their specific and often unique needs. That can include placement with a general ed (or advanced curriculum) teacher whose teaching style matches that of their learning style.  Since the term "special needs" covers so much ground, it would be highly suspect if all the special needs students required placement in the same general education classroom.  It seems to indicate that the individual nature of their needs was given a backseat to other factors and if so- that would be a violation of FAPE.

IEP: [i]Individual[/i] Education Plan[/quote]

Well, since none of us know ALL the IEP kids, I would guess that we're using "special needs" to signify the kids who have obvious learning or behaviour issues.  There are almost certainly other kids with IEPs who aren't in the designated special needs classroom that gets extra support.  [/quote]

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