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<blockquote data-quote="house of cards" data-source="post: 124207" data-attributes="member: 2005"><p>I really appreciate your question. Let me start by saying I dont know if inclusion is really all that great. I have several kids in sp ed or with a 504 and their needs are varied. I dont know if the reg ed teacher can reach my kid while trying to keep the whole class moving forward with the added pressures of No Child Left Behind, but that isnt what you asked.</p><p> I would like the teachers to understand that behavior modification cant fix everything. I would like to work as a team. I would like the teacher to understand that we have different goals. While the teacher wants a solid mastery of the curriculum for that year, my goals are for my son to grow into an adult capable of living, working, loving, and staying out of jail. </p><p>Sometimes the noble goals of the teachers endanger my goals. I would like my goals to take precedence. I have had little success in getting reg ed teachers to lower their expectations for my son. I am sure my request frustrates them a lot, but that is because of our different goals. They dont see my son banging his head into walls, refusing to attend school or threatening suicide due to the pressures they put on him. I do.</p><p>Ive been very blunt, yet they dont understand; they dont live it. I would like teachers to realize the powerful ability to harm our kids they possess and to understand there are some things that are more important than education. I wish they would understand that I also value education and fully understand how much it can improve lives; I have older children with very successful careers secured by great college educations that were only possible with merit scholarships. Reg ed teachers gave those kids the skills needed to obtain that success and I am very grateful. My sp ed students cant be thought of as reg ed students with behavior problems, that isnt what is going on. They have disabilities!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="house of cards, post: 124207, member: 2005"] I really appreciate your question. Let me start by saying I dont know if inclusion is really all that great. I have several kids in sp ed or with a 504 and their needs are varied. I dont know if the reg ed teacher can reach my kid while trying to keep the whole class moving forward with the added pressures of No Child Left Behind, but that isnt what you asked. I would like the teachers to understand that behavior modification cant fix everything. I would like to work as a team. I would like the teacher to understand that we have different goals. While the teacher wants a solid mastery of the curriculum for that year, my goals are for my son to grow into an adult capable of living, working, loving, and staying out of jail. Sometimes the noble goals of the teachers endanger my goals. I would like my goals to take precedence. I have had little success in getting reg ed teachers to lower their expectations for my son. I am sure my request frustrates them a lot, but that is because of our different goals. They dont see my son banging his head into walls, refusing to attend school or threatening suicide due to the pressures they put on him. I do. Ive been very blunt, yet they dont understand; they dont live it. I would like teachers to realize the powerful ability to harm our kids they possess and to understand there are some things that are more important than education. I wish they would understand that I also value education and fully understand how much it can improve lives; I have older children with very successful careers secured by great college educations that were only possible with merit scholarships. Reg ed teachers gave those kids the skills needed to obtain that success and I am very grateful. My sp ed students cant be thought of as reg ed students with behavior problems, that isnt what is going on. They have disabilities! [/QUOTE]
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