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<blockquote data-quote="Liahona" data-source="post: 63380" data-attributes="member: 3199"><p>Welcome, your first year sounds like mine. I had the worst behavior student in the district (for elementary), the third most medically fragile student, the most demanding parent (the first IEP with her was 6 hours long with 11 people attending), and a bunch of students that would've been better served in the sever sp. ed. class across the hall. I still feel bad that the learning disabled students didn't get as much teacher time because I was just trying to keep my head above water. What helped me was having a good class behavior plan (rules and consequences and a store every Friday) and a wonderful aide.</p><p></p><p>I found that the other teachers were to scared of my kids to help much. I learned to really keep my mouth shut about my kids behaviors because they already had such a bad reputation. I could talk to the other sp. ed. teacher and she would still treat my kids the same, but the other teachers wouldn't. I avoided eating lunch in the faculty room because of this. I kept a nice book mark on my desk to remind me that I didn't have to be a drill sargent all the time. (I wasn't, but it felt that way.) And the nice moments with the kids helped, too. They really kept me grounded in why I was there. I guess the best advice I could give is to enjoy your kids. Yes, be strict and be the teacher, but have fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Liahona, post: 63380, member: 3199"] Welcome, your first year sounds like mine. I had the worst behavior student in the district (for elementary), the third most medically fragile student, the most demanding parent (the first IEP with her was 6 hours long with 11 people attending), and a bunch of students that would've been better served in the sever sp. ed. class across the hall. I still feel bad that the learning disabled students didn't get as much teacher time because I was just trying to keep my head above water. What helped me was having a good class behavior plan (rules and consequences and a store every Friday) and a wonderful aide. I found that the other teachers were to scared of my kids to help much. I learned to really keep my mouth shut about my kids behaviors because they already had such a bad reputation. I could talk to the other sp. ed. teacher and she would still treat my kids the same, but the other teachers wouldn't. I avoided eating lunch in the faculty room because of this. I kept a nice book mark on my desk to remind me that I didn't have to be a drill sargent all the time. (I wasn't, but it felt that way.) And the nice moments with the kids helped, too. They really kept me grounded in why I was there. I guess the best advice I could give is to enjoy your kids. Yes, be strict and be the teacher, but have fun. [/QUOTE]
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