I am currently a catholic school teacher teaching in a regular classroom. I am taking a course in special education. I am having difficulty researching inclusion in the school that is catholic and does not have the services provided. Are there any catholic school teachers who are teaching in a inclusion class or school. Any help would be appreciated.
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Lulu, thanks for the info..we have a special education resource room in our school but only a minimal number of students are in that room I have quite a few diagnosed children with ADD, ADHD and Exclusion. I just want to be able to teach my children and help they become star of the times.
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Wow . . .
Wow, that’s great that your private school addresses special needs. How wonderful for the families who need these services and desire the Catholic school environment simutaneously.
Wish that was an option for us. No such luck.
Egregious myths about private schools.
They don’t *have* to — but they quite often do. Even 10-15 years ago our school nurse where I taught regular 6th grade had extensive knowledge about ADD and LDs; it was a parochial school in Baltimore so we had lots of people getting out of public rather than go to middle school. Many of these schools have as their mission to educate the children of the parish.
There is this lovely pervasive myth that “oh, those Catholic schools have better test grades with lots less money because they just toss out anybody who doesn’t make them look good.” Pretty much Horse hockey. They really *do* do a better job.
And there are schools and dioceses which have resource and learning centers, and have been doing it for years.
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I replied to your other question. I live in Alberta, Canada. We have a catholic school system that runs parrallel with our public systems. All catholic schools in Alberta are required by law to have inclusion and services to support inclusion. I don’t know if this helps… look up Alberta Learning and Inclusion and there would be loads of information on Special Ed and the services in catholic schools. Good luck. Marie
I am certainly not an expert but I believe the reason you can’t find the info is because inclusion is a public school thing.
Catholic schools, to my knowledge, do not have to provide special services of any kind. Any special concerns about a child are referred out to the appropriate public school. That is then how the difficulties are addressed.