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<blockquote data-quote="Ropefree" data-source="post: 217314" data-attributes="member: 6271"><p>Hello again...I have thought of the "teachers are generalists and its best not the tell them about this"</p><p>The No Child Left Behind has changed the idea the teachers presentation to the general class is enough. I was watching a discussion amoung teachers and the fact is that the needs of the unique indiviguals that present a teacher with the oppertunities to exspand their skill levels is what is, after all, teaching is all about.</p><p>Because the commitment that teachers make by the choice to become teachers is</p><p>such an enourmous undertaking any parent and every parent with a child with a</p><p>unique learning issue is participating appropriately in education of their child by bringing the specifics that a parent is aware to the teacher.</p><p>TEaching is a proformance art, especially those who are in the elementary levels the amount of attention and energy that I have witnessed in effective teachers is truly stunning.</p><p>When I take my questions and insights to a teacher of my child I make every effort to determine what the teacher wants to accomplish and how they want to accomidate my learner in their care. For matters that I know work for my child I will describe it and ask what they would like to try to replace or impliment that.</p><p>The school nurse has often been a terrrric source of insight as to what is available in the school as the school nurse is so familiar with what has been in the school population now, last year and what sorts of things have been successful.</p><p>Often I hear parents who say that they do not want their child labeled or that Special Education is inappropriate for their child because they are taken out of regular ed.</p><p>In my journey with my child, who was never reminial and did have an IEP the services that he did benifit from very much were not an enormous undertaking.</p><p>The question becomes if we are not insisting that our child is recieving the services to learn and to be intigrated in general ed with their peers what is it we are doing?</p><p>TEachers respond, in my experiance, when they are aware that these things are needed. When we leave our children to be "discovered" to have a learning deficit in one area or another or in social skills we are essentially wasting that childs oppertunity to receive the appropriate education that is a right, not a negotiable</p><p>"gift" from the teacher or the school. That is their job: in general and specificly for the enrichment of the pupils in their classrooms.</p><p>I also know that parents are able to make many good alternative choices to meet needs for a childs education. I personally feel that sometimes parents are simply</p><p>lacking confidence that their child is well cared for and that may not be reality based. When a child is learning from a parent that there is something about them that is not equal to the riguers of the transition to a school setting I think that can act to disempower a child who is ultimately capable.</p><p>Of course, if the teacher-child fit is WRONG it is an awful year. I think of my sons fourth grade teacher. She was unco-operative and so condscending to me that the administrative end of the school and others in the school intervened. On one hand I felt for her frustraation with my son: she had daughters and she was a woman who was able to effectively aply consintrated efforts over long time spans.</p><p>My son, who is a quick learner, had then and has now a very short ablity to consintrate. Ultimately he has faired well. But NOT with that teacher. Oh no not on her watch.</p><p>Anyway...I am hoping that you are picking up the tid-bits and the encouragement to perserver in all your desisions and inclinations. Our children make marvleous steps forward in their own time. We just keep a drummer going until they find there own and take it from there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ropefree, post: 217314, member: 6271"] Hello again...I have thought of the "teachers are generalists and its best not the tell them about this" The No Child Left Behind has changed the idea the teachers presentation to the general class is enough. I was watching a discussion amoung teachers and the fact is that the needs of the unique indiviguals that present a teacher with the oppertunities to exspand their skill levels is what is, after all, teaching is all about. Because the commitment that teachers make by the choice to become teachers is such an enourmous undertaking any parent and every parent with a child with a unique learning issue is participating appropriately in education of their child by bringing the specifics that a parent is aware to the teacher. TEaching is a proformance art, especially those who are in the elementary levels the amount of attention and energy that I have witnessed in effective teachers is truly stunning. When I take my questions and insights to a teacher of my child I make every effort to determine what the teacher wants to accomplish and how they want to accomidate my learner in their care. For matters that I know work for my child I will describe it and ask what they would like to try to replace or impliment that. The school nurse has often been a terrrric source of insight as to what is available in the school as the school nurse is so familiar with what has been in the school population now, last year and what sorts of things have been successful. Often I hear parents who say that they do not want their child labeled or that Special Education is inappropriate for their child because they are taken out of regular ed. In my journey with my child, who was never reminial and did have an IEP the services that he did benifit from very much were not an enormous undertaking. The question becomes if we are not insisting that our child is recieving the services to learn and to be intigrated in general ed with their peers what is it we are doing? TEachers respond, in my experiance, when they are aware that these things are needed. When we leave our children to be "discovered" to have a learning deficit in one area or another or in social skills we are essentially wasting that childs oppertunity to receive the appropriate education that is a right, not a negotiable "gift" from the teacher or the school. That is their job: in general and specificly for the enrichment of the pupils in their classrooms. I also know that parents are able to make many good alternative choices to meet needs for a childs education. I personally feel that sometimes parents are simply lacking confidence that their child is well cared for and that may not be reality based. When a child is learning from a parent that there is something about them that is not equal to the riguers of the transition to a school setting I think that can act to disempower a child who is ultimately capable. Of course, if the teacher-child fit is WRONG it is an awful year. I think of my sons fourth grade teacher. She was unco-operative and so condscending to me that the administrative end of the school and others in the school intervened. On one hand I felt for her frustraation with my son: she had daughters and she was a woman who was able to effectively aply consintrated efforts over long time spans. My son, who is a quick learner, had then and has now a very short ablity to consintrate. Ultimately he has faired well. But NOT with that teacher. Oh no not on her watch. Anyway...I am hoping that you are picking up the tid-bits and the encouragement to perserver in all your desisions and inclinations. Our children make marvleous steps forward in their own time. We just keep a drummer going until they find there own and take it from there. [/QUOTE]
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