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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a troll, there’s no teacher in the world like this. [/quote]

Unfortunately, if you've been following the school forums, there's been a string of threads addressing students with special needs where current and former teachers have displayed incredible ignorance and intolerance towards kids with disabilities.

This can't be an experienced kindergarten teacher, but it could be an older elementary teacher that recently switched to K. And if her colleagues knew she wasn't able to deal with kids with disabilities, they may have given her classes without kids with IEPs. That doesn't work for kindergarten, though, because a lot of kids won't get IEPs until after school starts.[/quote]

Huh? I’m not getting any of this from OP. OP isn’t refusing to help the kid - it’s an unusual situation she hasn’t experienced before. She doesn’t appear to be well-versed in the special ed process, but that is unfortunately the rule and not the exception. At least she’s on here asking for insight![/quote]

I didn't mean to imply any malicious intent, but it's both incredible and unfortunate that there are some teachers-- particularly lower elementary teachers-- that are so ignorant of developmental disabilities. Isn't that covered in their degree programs and school district onboarding?[/quote]

it absolutely is not. teaching is really an on job training kind of situation. especially in early elementary. special education services are very expensive for the school system and there are few people going into special education. the current message from my county is that “we (classroom teachers) are all special educators”.

my take from the OP is that they are looking to gauge how unusual this is. Even if they are a parent themselves, potty training may have been easy for their kids and their friend group. 
I’ve also taught for a very long time and have only encountered a small number of kids who struggled as much as this child seems to be at this age. All of them had either a medical issue or a developmental delay. OP seems to have had good intentions in asking the questions here. Too bad some people took such offense.
Best of luck to the OP and this child/their family.[/quote]

Do education majors really not have to take developmental psychology?[/quote]

i got my degree over 25 years ago. i took one required child development class and a child psychology class by choice. everything i learned was in the classroom and then as a parent. i’ve heard from newer teachers that they have to take one special education class but they also feel that it doesn’t proel are them for the reality of teaching in a general education classroom and also identifying and supporting children with special needs. [/quote]

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