Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP I will warn you that staffing is very different here than PA, where there is almost always tough competition and good unions. Here we have huge staffing shortages in SPED and many teachers are inexperienced and/of provisionally licensed. In your shoes I wouldn’t move
My kids case manager had been a secretary and I have no clue how she got a teaching job. She was terrible and didn't even know the first thing about common disabilities. All kids with ieps were behavior problems according to her. My child's experience in Loudoun was horrible. All 12 years.
For public servant salaries you get what you get. Why do you think people are going to bend over and incur in mental health stress and issues to satisfy your needs? It’s a job. In at 9 am out at 3 or 4 pm. Peace out.
In LCPS case managers are not Special Ed teachers; they’re admin staff. They’re just making sure all the rules are followed.
My kid’s case manager in LCPS is a special ed teacher.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP I will warn you that staffing is very different here than PA, where there is almost always tough competition and good unions. Here we have huge staffing shortages in SPED and many teachers are inexperienced and/of provisionally licensed. In your shoes I wouldn’t move
My kids case manager had been a secretary and I have no clue how she got a teaching job. She was terrible and didn't even know the first thing about common disabilities. All kids with ieps were behavior problems according to her. My child's experience in Loudoun was horrible. All 12 years.
For public servant salaries you get what you get. Why do you think people are going to bend over and incur in mental health stress and issues to satisfy your needs? It’s a job. In at 9 am out at 3 or 4 pm. Peace out.
In LCPS case managers are not Special Ed teachers; they’re admin staff. They’re just making sure all the rules are followed.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP I will warn you that staffing is very different here than PA, where there is almost always tough competition and good unions. Here we have huge staffing shortages in SPED and many teachers are inexperienced and/of provisionally licensed. In your shoes I wouldn’t move
My kids case manager had been a secretary and I have no clue how she got a teaching job. She was terrible and didn't even know the first thing about common disabilities. All kids with ieps were behavior problems according to her. My child's experience in Loudoun was horrible. All 12 years.
For public servant salaries you get what you get. Why do you think people are going to bend over and incur in mental health stress and issues to satisfy your needs? It’s a job. In at 9 am out at 3 or 4 pm. Peace out.
In LCPS case managers are not Special Ed teachers; they’re admin staff. They’re just making sure all the rules are followed.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP I will warn you that staffing is very different here than PA, where there is almost always tough competition and good unions. Here we have huge staffing shortages in SPED and many teachers are inexperienced and/of provisionally licensed. In your shoes I wouldn’t move
My kids case manager had been a secretary and I have no clue how she got a teaching job. She was terrible and didn't even know the first thing about common disabilities. All kids with ieps were behavior problems according to her. My child's experience in Loudoun was horrible. All 12 years.
For public servant salaries you get what you get. Why do you think people are going to bend over and incur in mental health stress and issues to satisfy your needs? It’s a job. In at 9 am out at 3 or 4 pm. Peace out.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP I will warn you that staffing is very different here than PA, where there is almost always tough competition and good unions. Here we have huge staffing shortages in SPED and many teachers are inexperienced and/of provisionally licensed. In your shoes I wouldn’t move
My kids case manager had been a secretary and I have no clue how she got a teaching job. She was terrible and didn't even know the first thing about common disabilities. All kids with ieps were behavior problems according to her. My child's experience in Loudoun was horrible. All 12 years.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP I will warn you that staffing is very different here than PA, where there is almost always tough competition and good unions. Here we have huge staffing shortages in SPED and many teachers are inexperienced and/of provisionally licensed. In your shoes I wouldn’t move
My kids case manager had been a secretary and I have no clue how she got a teaching job. She was terrible and didn't even know the first thing about common disabilities. All kids with ieps were behavior problems according to her. My child's experience in Loudoun was horrible. All 12 years.
Anonymous wrote:OP I will warn you that staffing is very different here than PA, where there is almost always tough competition and good unions. Here we have huge staffing shortages in SPED and many teachers are inexperienced and/of provisionally licensed. In your shoes I wouldn’t move
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How does a kid with high functioning autism get a 1:1 aide?
High functioning autism isn’t even an official term. A kid with a 1:1 aide would, in Loudoun, likely be in a self contained AUT class, which is for children whose disability is so impactful they can’t access the general curriculum with non disabled peers.
Anonymous wrote:There are several options in LCPS. Many students (likely yours given existing supports) would be placed primarily in general education and would receive support from a cross-category special ed teacher. There are also autism classrooms in specific school (not every elementary school). Students in these classrooms vary in how much time they spend in gen ed. Some are split pretty evenly between gen ed and autism support, some spend most of their time in the self-contained classroom. If a student with autism has primarily behavioral needs, they may be placed in an emotional support classroom instead.
I'm not positive, but I do not think the district allows outside aides (is this what the PCA is) to work in the school. District paraprofessionals would provide these services if necessary.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, if the IeP requires it the school must provide, but the school will re-evaluate a child who has high functioning autism and whose IEP says they need a 1:1 aid. And once the re-eval is in, the new IEP won’t require the 1:1. In general it’s a crappy system but in this case it seems ok because does your child with high functioning autism need 1:1? If so, that’s not high functioning.
Virginia is a parent consent state. Once a 1:1 is written into an IEP, the school can only re-evaluate and remove it if the parent consents by signing the new IEP. Also, I have seen students with level one autism who require 1:1 support in the general education setting. If this parent does move to LCPS, they may want to consult with an attorney to understand their rights.
- special education attorney
There are no 1:1 aides in LCPS though. If her insurance can provide one , it’s possible LCPS will allow it but the county itself does not facilitate 1:1 support. So that might have to trigger an amendment to the IEP.