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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 498207" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>A lot of teachers don't like mainstreaming. It's pretty hard to teach a class when one child is so disruptive that sometimes the room has to be cleared out while the c hild is throwing a desk. I dated a teacher before I met hub and he would complain about mainstreaming with his colleagues all the time.</p><p></p><p>While I am not a fan of screaming rooms and isolating most kids, I do think Special Education classes are good. My son was in Special Education half a day, then went with an aide to his other classes. He was able to work at his own pace and did quite a bit better with only fifteen kids (and two aides) in his class. HOWEVER, and this is a big however, his classmates were not behavior problems. He was in a class for kids with mild cognitive problems, although he has a normal IQ. It was a good fit and he just worked well for him. </p><p></p><p>I am not sure what to do with children who can not conform to a school room without getting angry/upset. Perhaps there should be a setting w here the kids do work a lot like Montesori so that they are not square pegs in a round hole, and perhaps that could avoid some frustration yet still allow them to live up to their academic potential. There should be more charter schools to fit kids that do not do well in a traditional setting. in my opinion they also need better trained special education teachers. I'm shocked at how many of Sonic's teachers didn't really know what Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified is! We got lucky because the teacher he had from 4th-7th grade was so willing to learn and she did a great job with Sonic...then he was mainstreamed, but her classroom was a good experience for him, not a nightmare. </p><p></p><p>I wish there was a good answer here, but in my opinion they haven't found one yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 498207, member: 1550"] A lot of teachers don't like mainstreaming. It's pretty hard to teach a class when one child is so disruptive that sometimes the room has to be cleared out while the c hild is throwing a desk. I dated a teacher before I met hub and he would complain about mainstreaming with his colleagues all the time. While I am not a fan of screaming rooms and isolating most kids, I do think Special Education classes are good. My son was in Special Education half a day, then went with an aide to his other classes. He was able to work at his own pace and did quite a bit better with only fifteen kids (and two aides) in his class. HOWEVER, and this is a big however, his classmates were not behavior problems. He was in a class for kids with mild cognitive problems, although he has a normal IQ. It was a good fit and he just worked well for him. I am not sure what to do with children who can not conform to a school room without getting angry/upset. Perhaps there should be a setting w here the kids do work a lot like Montesori so that they are not square pegs in a round hole, and perhaps that could avoid some frustration yet still allow them to live up to their academic potential. There should be more charter schools to fit kids that do not do well in a traditional setting. in my opinion they also need better trained special education teachers. I'm shocked at how many of Sonic's teachers didn't really know what Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified is! We got lucky because the teacher he had from 4th-7th grade was so willing to learn and she did a great job with Sonic...then he was mainstreamed, but her classroom was a good experience for him, not a nightmare. I wish there was a good answer here, but in my opinion they haven't found one yet. [/QUOTE]
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