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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 498190" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>I've worked in both settings. Taught a self-contained learning disorder/emotional disorder class (18 plus one aide, horrid numbers), then because I felt these kids were not being given good role models, or a chance to be with "normal" kids, I was part of a state grant where we mainstreamed back all of the kids in our bounderies. We had Downs-syndrome, severe cognitve delays, mental illnesses of all kinds etc. I was young and truelly wanted it to work. There were too few sp. ed. teachers, reg. ed. teachers who were stressed from the number of kids in their classes and lack of funds for supplies (our state is the lowest per-pupal expenditure in the U.S.), and many of the severely disabled kids did not have their needs met. One of our Downs Syndrome kids was non-verbal and should have been taught sign language. By the time I got him in 6th grade-I did the best I could with what I knew of ASL. It was educational neglect! So was the other self-contained model. These kids never get all the resources they need, they are not protected, and the teaching staff is not supported. These jobs are highly stressful-that is why I am no longer a Special Education. teacher. Regular ed. is tough enough.</p><p></p><p>As for those "quiet rooms", we had 2 deaths in a year in our state, even a kid at my school climbed up and got into the heating ducts(took 4 hours to get him out), and they are really no more than larger timeout booths which many states have out lawed. The other kicker is, while we put them there so they don't have to be restrained or hurt other kids, there is often another kid who goes off at the same time-what do you do if you have only one room? How are kids kept safe. The police are often called. Many schools don't even have a crisis team to help. It is often one teacher asked to handle one kid who may be having a melt down. The only answer is smaller classes within a normal school with losts of support staff on hand. Flexible staffing so noone hets burned out, and yes Buddy, the decisions should be kid by kid. Kids so ill need to be in schools where they get comprehensive care-includingb a psychiatric. for medications. We use to have this-they are largely gone now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 498190, member: 11001"] I've worked in both settings. Taught a self-contained learning disorder/emotional disorder class (18 plus one aide, horrid numbers), then because I felt these kids were not being given good role models, or a chance to be with "normal" kids, I was part of a state grant where we mainstreamed back all of the kids in our bounderies. We had Downs-syndrome, severe cognitve delays, mental illnesses of all kinds etc. I was young and truelly wanted it to work. There were too few sp. ed. teachers, reg. ed. teachers who were stressed from the number of kids in their classes and lack of funds for supplies (our state is the lowest per-pupal expenditure in the U.S.), and many of the severely disabled kids did not have their needs met. One of our Downs Syndrome kids was non-verbal and should have been taught sign language. By the time I got him in 6th grade-I did the best I could with what I knew of ASL. It was educational neglect! So was the other self-contained model. These kids never get all the resources they need, they are not protected, and the teaching staff is not supported. These jobs are highly stressful-that is why I am no longer a Special Education. teacher. Regular ed. is tough enough. As for those "quiet rooms", we had 2 deaths in a year in our state, even a kid at my school climbed up and got into the heating ducts(took 4 hours to get him out), and they are really no more than larger timeout booths which many states have out lawed. The other kicker is, while we put them there so they don't have to be restrained or hurt other kids, there is often another kid who goes off at the same time-what do you do if you have only one room? How are kids kept safe. The police are often called. Many schools don't even have a crisis team to help. It is often one teacher asked to handle one kid who may be having a melt down. The only answer is smaller classes within a normal school with losts of support staff on hand. Flexible staffing so noone hets burned out, and yes Buddy, the decisions should be kid by kid. Kids so ill need to be in schools where they get comprehensive care-includingb a psychiatric. for medications. We use to have this-they are largely gone now. [/QUOTE]
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