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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would tell parents of students with disabilities to listen to their teacher and special Ed teacher carefully during meetings when we invite central office staff.  It is so hard to get them to even show up at the meeting that if they are there, we are trying to communicate about a need we cannot meet within our school resources. We are often advocating highly for your child internally but being silenced by central.

I am always on your child’s side, I know their needs, and I care about their progress.  I am also understaffed and overwhelmed. Last year I taught an intervention before school started, worked with a student that was struggling during my lunch, and spent countless hours modifying materials for students before and after school. I was still blamed by two parent when their students didn’t make much progress. I was told I was unethical, heartless, and was breaking the law. I finally got central to show up to one of those student’s fifth meeting of the year to attempt to get more resources. Central and the parent blamed me and nothing changed.  This year, I will be taking my planning time and my lunch because no matter what I do, there are parents that will demand more and there is no way for me to actually succeed in this job, at least not in 2023.

Please understand that I am telling you what you need to hear.  Stop the whole, “ the law says my kid is the most important”. Of course your child is important to you but all 20 kids (including yours) on my caseload are important to me and their parents.  I have taught special Ed for 25 years.  I’m good at my job, my kids make progress.  There was a time I loved my job. That said, I will quit before a child with small accommodation needs get more hours of my time than the child with significant needs simply because the parent is not advocating.  In my building, everyone gets equitable treatment.  Unfortunately, that is not how district works and I WILL fail again this year no matter how hard I try.  I have submitted paperwork for early retirement and my biggest hope is that we can fill the open positions quickly enough so that I can try to train someone new before leaving. [/quote]

Our kids with small accommodations may need it just as much or more.   It’s sad how Mcps fails these kids.  [/quote]

X Minds is an organization of hundreds of local parents of Neurodivergent kidd. I recommend everyone with an ND kid join and become active within the organization.  I realize this doesn't cover every SN but it's a start.
The problem with SN is there are very few organized advocacy groups. Parents are also hesitant to be vocal for fear of "outing" their child.
Most of us know what's going on in the classroom and the office. The lies and the gaslighting. We just don't know what to do about it.

Get involved. [/quote]

You basically have one option.  Seek outside therapies and resources.   The tutor me was wonderful to fill in the gaps but of course mcps screams poverty for that.  [/quote]

Neurodivergence is heritable so I look at joining an organization like X Minds as pushing for generational.change in the way ND kids are educated and treated. 
On the other hand,  they hold free IEP clinics to help parents and have (or had) x minds in mcps night which was an eye opener and full of very helpful break out sessions and a place where I at least heard the names of important people to know involved with special education in mcps

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