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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is a special education resource room

https://www.thoughtco.com/special-education-resource-room-3110962

It is also possible to take an instructional specialist or assistant role and have a "testing center" in a school where students can be sent to do their extended time, makeups, whatever.

If every teacher in their building is scrambling to do everything themselves you can point the finger at administration and administrative bloat.[/quote]

This sounds very elementary. How does it work in a secondary school? I teach math and give a test. I have 10 kids who need extended time to finish it. Right now they come during lunch or after school to my room. This article seems to suggest they’d be pulled from another class to finish math? That’s not going to go well…

The reality is ive shrunk my tests to be so short the top kids finish them in 15 minutes, the average kids 30, the slower kids 60, and most of my extended time kids finish in the 90 minute block. Then instead of 25 DNF kids I only have 3-4 and can manage it as previously described.[/quote]

I had and IEP in the 1980's-90's and my ES, MS, and HS had a resource room. In ES I had pull outs where I went to the resource room and worked individually with a teacher or in a small group. In MS and HS I took my tests in the resource room. My teacher gave the test and instructions to the resource teacher, and they proctored the test. My schedule was set so that the classes that I tended to need the extra time for, math and science, where before or after lunch so I had time to take the complete test. I could eat lunch while taking my test in the resource room. I went to the resource room during study hall and would work on homework there, getting help from the teachers as needed. It was a quieter place to work, fewer distractions, and I had someone available to help me if I had questions. I was able to get more done and better understand the material.

It worked well for me, but I have moderate LDs and ADHD. I need some additional support and time but that was it. And yes, my parents paid for tutors and worked with me at home. They provided supplemental material for my genius older brothers. They understood that there was only so much that the public school system could do.

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