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[quote=Anonymous]Paras are paid in different tiers now, starting just this year under Taylor. It's been a long time coming as special ed paras absolutely should be paid more.

There is definitely a lack of programs available to help these kids. A lot of them don't fit the profile for seses (emotional disability kids) and so the learning centers have become a dumping ground. They were intended to be for kids who were academically 2-3 years behind. Now they are full with kids who have significant behaviors and are low cognitively, but not low enough to qualify for alternate learning outcomes (students have to have a cognitive disability). The staffing at the learning centers does not reflect this shift in needs and so kids and the staff suffer.

I've also seen kids inappropriately placed in the ALO autism classrooms because people have no idea what profile of kids are served there and think any kid with autism who needs intense behavioral support should be there. These kids are learning how to communicate and some will never be verbal- it is not conducive to kids who are verbally fluent and can access the gen Ed curriculum. But it just shows how desperate people are to get these kids out of the home school model.[/quote]

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