Hello,
I understand andsee how the Special Ed. teacher’s are overwhelmed due to more and more kids being added.
But the parents are lead to think that thier child is going to get quality/quanity individual time from the special ed. teacher herself.
because they are trained to teach child with difference and they need that.
So, we place our children in the class knowing they will be teased/labled thinking the trade of is the Special ED. teacher. but a lot of days she doesn’t teach or spend time with them so what is the difference.
Ithink I might pull him and place him in Reg.Ed. with and aide.
Re: Regular Ed/Special ED.
Often it’s a choice between a rock and a hard place (hence the growing popularity of options like homeschooling — one of these years I am going to put together a cyberschool :)) . If the special ed isn’t appropriate, then even being “babysat” in the regular class will mean exposure to more knowledge and modeling of relatively appropriate behavior (depending, of course, on the school and the teacher).
Nadine,
I agree that special ed. is often not good, but I will also say that I don’t see an aide in the regular class being an answer either. It’s just too much like babysitting to me. The best thing you can do is to hire a qualified private tutor to work with your child to remediate his deficits. Contact your local IDA (www.interdys.org) for references for reading tutors.
Janis