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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 499143" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>When Wee was in 2nd grade, before we figured out how pronounced his dyslexia was, he was in mainstream with a para and doing fair to middlin' with the exception of one girl in his calss that I dubbed Mallory. Mallory was another behavior student, and why she was put in the same room as Wee is beyond me, except I know the principal that made that decision. I will still be $100 that he banked on Wee being out asap. Wee became Mallory's target, but instead of separating the two, the school issued a mandate that the two were never to be together... (what good is that?) </p><p></p><p>Anyway, in response to Wee's increased behaviors, the district wanted to cut his day from half down to 2 hours a day. By this time, he was mostly in the sped room, anyway, so the advocates fought and got his placement changed to self-contained. His behaviors were few and far between, but he wasn't learning, and it was not uncommon for him to sleep 2-3 hours a day. However, at the time, I was just relieved that the behaviors were under control.</p><p></p><p>That sped teacher left after his 2nd grade year (more on that story later). The sped teacher he has currently moved in. At the "hand off" meeting, the old sped teacher told the new sped teacher all about Wee's tendency to sleep and not be on task for literally hours on end. She figured he was on task 5 minutes for every hour he was in the room.</p><p></p><p>New sped came. New sped had plastic letters, and pasta ABC's, and shaving cream, and post it notes. She had word bingo and math manipulatives and games that involved running and reading at the same time. If the agenda required a certain worksheet be done, the kids never saw the worksheet - she set up the problems in one of these other formats and <em>engaged</em> the kiddos, including Wee. He went from reading less than 20 words to sounding out and reading in under a year, and the behaviors decreased exponentially. </p><p></p><p>Just wondering, does Q have Wee's old sped teacher? (not literally - but her idea of adapting an assignment for him was scratching off half the worksheet...)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 499143, member: 1848"] When Wee was in 2nd grade, before we figured out how pronounced his dyslexia was, he was in mainstream with a para and doing fair to middlin' with the exception of one girl in his calss that I dubbed Mallory. Mallory was another behavior student, and why she was put in the same room as Wee is beyond me, except I know the principal that made that decision. I will still be $100 that he banked on Wee being out asap. Wee became Mallory's target, but instead of separating the two, the school issued a mandate that the two were never to be together... (what good is that?) Anyway, in response to Wee's increased behaviors, the district wanted to cut his day from half down to 2 hours a day. By this time, he was mostly in the sped room, anyway, so the advocates fought and got his placement changed to self-contained. His behaviors were few and far between, but he wasn't learning, and it was not uncommon for him to sleep 2-3 hours a day. However, at the time, I was just relieved that the behaviors were under control. That sped teacher left after his 2nd grade year (more on that story later). The sped teacher he has currently moved in. At the "hand off" meeting, the old sped teacher told the new sped teacher all about Wee's tendency to sleep and not be on task for literally hours on end. She figured he was on task 5 minutes for every hour he was in the room. New sped came. New sped had plastic letters, and pasta ABC's, and shaving cream, and post it notes. She had word bingo and math manipulatives and games that involved running and reading at the same time. If the agenda required a certain worksheet be done, the kids never saw the worksheet - she set up the problems in one of these other formats and [I]engaged[/I] the kiddos, including Wee. He went from reading less than 20 words to sounding out and reading in under a year, and the behaviors decreased exponentially. Just wondering, does Q have Wee's old sped teacher? (not literally - but her idea of adapting an assignment for him was scratching off half the worksheet...) [/QUOTE]
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