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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SpEd law has ruined public schools, which must bow at the alter of IDEA and special education lawyers. If you’ve worked in a school, you know that it’s nearly impossible to get rid of students who destroy (many times literally) the learning environment for other students. When I was growing up, these students received an education in resource rooms, received lots of individual attention, and did not disrupt the academic and behavioral rigor of the general education classrooms. Mainstreaming/inclusion has so tarnished public education and it’s a damned shame. [/quote]

This is also 100% accurate. We had to fight for my DS (who does not have an IEP) to not be in the inclusion room. Not because we don’t believe that all students deserve a chance, but because learning wasn’t happening.[/quote]

The inclusion rooms of the past worked beautifully most of the time. Two of my kids were in one for a few different grade levels even though they do not require Special Education services. I had no problem with this. The other students needed accommodations such as note taking, visual schedules, a PHA to help with medical needs for a student with a physical disability, that sort of thing. There was plenty of support in the form of a Special Education teacher who was doing push in or pull out hours, or an IA who was assisting the children who needed help with writing or monitoring them when they needed extra time on tests. However, the shortage of Special Ed staff and the reluctance of schools to escalate behavior referrals lately has led to these classrooms becoming de facto behavior classrooms. This is terribly unfair to the students with disabilities who can succeed in a general education classroom with appropriate supports because the special ed teachers and assistants are constantly dealing with the behavior problems. I am not surprised when reports come out that detail how far behind students with disabilities are on some of the tests. There is no way the kids who are well behaved are getting the services they're entitled to under IDEA when their teachers are spread so thin and spending multiple hours per week gathering behavior data and attending emergency IEP meetings.[/quote]

Agree
signed a SPED Teacher[/quote]

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