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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do general education teachers receive any training in how to teach or even how to understand SN children? Are teachers aware of what adhd, autism, etc are? So many are mainstreamed into general Ed that SN teachers aren't even in their lives.[/quote]

Yes. Every teacher needs to take at least 6 credits of special education classes to be certified. We also receive ongoing PD.

What we don’t receive are a lot of additional resources or support. I’ve had classes in which 1/3 of my students have 504s and IEPs. [/quote]

This. Plus, there are many students with other special needs among the remaining 2/3. Often 1/3 are English language learners (or in MCPS, Emerging Multilingual Learners), some of whom might have other needs as well: FARMS and EML, IEP and EML, 504 and EML, or GT and EML. I’ve taught triple-coded and even quadruple coded students in classrooms with 10 IEP/504 students without a second adult to assist.[/quote]

And, this is where parent volunteers could come in and help.[/quote]

I don't mean this in a rude way, but parent volunteers who are not trained to work with high needs population would not be helpful in anyway, and could end up doing more harm that good. [/quote]

You realize some of us are trained and some of us have more training than some of the teachers.  Don't make assumptions about all parents.   What do you think the paraprofessional qualifications are?  They do the bulk of the work with the kids.  Many don't have college degrees let alone in teaching or a helping profession.[/quote]

Yep. I am not trained, but my mom worked with high needs populations for the NYC Dept of Education for 15 years. She has been in countless IEP meetings and has advocated for the needs of all sorts of kids. She continues to work as a housing advocate, and ends up helping the individuals in her caseload with countless other things too, including custody, access to SNAP and SSI, etc.

You probably would look at her and think she’s just another rich white woman. She is, but she takes the subway every day from Manhattan to Bed-Stuy and Queens to help very high needs individuals and their families access the services they need.[/quote]

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