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<blockquote data-quote="Sheila" data-source="post: 131942" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>I hate that you feel so offended. Youre an important contributing member to the board and I think everyone has respect for you.</p><p> </p><p> I couldnt agree more about parents and educators working together will produce the best outcome. </p><p> </p><p> The title doesnt say Teacher goes above and beyond, but the comments do. <a href="http://www.conductdisorders.com/forum/showthread.php?t=704&highlight=success+story" target="_blank">http://www.conductdisorders.com/forum/showthread.php?t=704&highlight=success+story</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Ive said a number of times that no one could pay me enough to be a teacher; and I have a long list of family members that have been teachers and principal of schools even my mom.</p><p> </p><p> I was raised that teachers are pretty near on the same level as God. I think most people were raised with the same values and respect for teachers. As such, we generally tend to hold teachers to a higher standard.</p><p> </p><p> Ive also said a number of times that my son has never had a bad teacher thats still true today and hes in the 8th grade. Ive run into a number of them that have limited knowledge of neurological disorders.</p><p> </p><p> Early on, I was pretty naïve about education and difficult children. The regs literally state that educators shall be knowledgeable about each difficult childs disorder(s). It took a while to dawn on me that that is an unreasonable expectation theres too many general practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, etc., that fall below my expectations, so how can a teacher that typically has little training in neurological disorders be expected to achieve such a standard? Its just not possible.</p><p> </p><p> We as a cyber-community tend to be a bit narrow-sighted in that our world is dealing with-a limited number of disorders and medical issues. Its why youll see that I post <a href="http://www.conductdisorders.com/forum/showthread.php?t=452" target="_blank">http://www.conductdisorders.com/forum/showthread.php?t=452</a> occasionally. Realistically, its just not possible for a teacher to be experts in all these fields.</p><p> </p><p> Its been my experience that the vast majority of problems I have encountered in school regarding my difficult child can be traced back to Administration. Its why you may have noticed that I changed my terminology from teachers to educators on this board. Im actually directing my comments toward administration. </p><p> </p><p> Ive had some real knock-down drag-outs with-various administrators from principals to the school board. In every instance I can remember off-hand, it was because of their inablility to say, Whoops! Messed up! Let us try to make it right.</p><p> </p><p> Regarding perspective, its always the few bad ones in any profession that makes people tend to sterotype. Almost 100% of the people on this board has raised or is raising a challenging child and therefore has to deal with school issues. Unless a parent home schools, theres not another option. One way or another, most of our difficult childs are non-conformist in the school environment, which causes conflict, which causes us to have to vent.</p><p> </p><p> As strongly as I believe in inclusion, I also strongly believe that dangerous children should not be in a traditional classroom. A teacher should not be afraid of going to work. The LRE being a regular classroom just isnt appropriate for all students. But again, most of the time, its a direct cause of Administration decisions pertinent to the budget without regard to the needs of the student or the safety of students and teachers. So why teachers on IEP Committees agree to this is hard for me to understand.</p><p> </p><p> In that school districts are governmental agencies and have immunity in so many instances, it may be easier for teachers to file with OSHA than any other entity when they get hurt at work by a student that should be in a more restrictive environment.</p><p> </p><p> Hope your friend recovered and without residual emotional trauma.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sheila, post: 131942, member: 23"] I hate that you feel so offended. Youre an important contributing member to the board and I think everyone has respect for you. I couldnt agree more about parents and educators working together will produce the best outcome. The title doesnt say Teacher goes above and beyond, but the comments do. [URL]http://www.conductdisorders.com/forum/showthread.php?t=704&highlight=success+story[/URL] Ive said a number of times that no one could pay me enough to be a teacher; and I have a long list of family members that have been teachers and principal of schools even my mom. I was raised that teachers are pretty near on the same level as God. I think most people were raised with the same values and respect for teachers. As such, we generally tend to hold teachers to a higher standard. Ive also said a number of times that my son has never had a bad teacher thats still true today and hes in the 8th grade. Ive run into a number of them that have limited knowledge of neurological disorders. Early on, I was pretty naïve about education and difficult children. The regs literally state that educators shall be knowledgeable about each difficult childs disorder(s). It took a while to dawn on me that that is an unreasonable expectation theres too many general practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, etc., that fall below my expectations, so how can a teacher that typically has little training in neurological disorders be expected to achieve such a standard? Its just not possible. We as a cyber-community tend to be a bit narrow-sighted in that our world is dealing with-a limited number of disorders and medical issues. Its why youll see that I post [URL]http://www.conductdisorders.com/forum/showthread.php?t=452[/URL] occasionally. Realistically, its just not possible for a teacher to be experts in all these fields. Its been my experience that the vast majority of problems I have encountered in school regarding my difficult child can be traced back to Administration. Its why you may have noticed that I changed my terminology from teachers to educators on this board. Im actually directing my comments toward administration. Ive had some real knock-down drag-outs with-various administrators from principals to the school board. In every instance I can remember off-hand, it was because of their inablility to say, Whoops! Messed up! Let us try to make it right. Regarding perspective, its always the few bad ones in any profession that makes people tend to sterotype. Almost 100% of the people on this board has raised or is raising a challenging child and therefore has to deal with school issues. Unless a parent home schools, theres not another option. One way or another, most of our difficult childs are non-conformist in the school environment, which causes conflict, which causes us to have to vent. As strongly as I believe in inclusion, I also strongly believe that dangerous children should not be in a traditional classroom. A teacher should not be afraid of going to work. The LRE being a regular classroom just isnt appropriate for all students. But again, most of the time, its a direct cause of Administration decisions pertinent to the budget without regard to the needs of the student or the safety of students and teachers. So why teachers on IEP Committees agree to this is hard for me to understand. In that school districts are governmental agencies and have immunity in so many instances, it may be easier for teachers to file with OSHA than any other entity when they get hurt at work by a student that should be in a more restrictive environment. Hope your friend recovered and without residual emotional trauma. [/QUOTE]
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