So after having this ED/developmentally delayed kid since the last weeks of his kindergarten year, he is finally settled enough to begin to learn to read and do math....finally. He is benefitting from my unusually small group size, and the boys who for years have tortured him for being slow have moved to another classroom.
And now the principal is proposing with vigor that we move my kid out of my class and into the other primary ED class. The kid's little sister is creating chaos in her general ed first grade classroom, and she wants to place her right away into my classroom. An alternative placement. No IEP. Just slip her in. And the brother is yanked from a situation where he is finally succeeding....
This is the kind of sh*it that keeps me up at night. There is no really good answer.
In years past, I have had twins who needed self contained ED services, and one stayed with me, and the other went to the closest ED program nearby. That's how you meet kids' needs.
I'm told the county no longer does this.
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I wonder if the parents demanded the change?
Isn't it odd that a kid who is ED / Special Ed kid will have siblings that are also ED/ Special Ed? Same happens with the GT kids - many of them have GT siblings. Nature or Nuture?
The parent likely didn't demand the change; she just wants help.
I have had several sets of siblings over the years. My most recent: a second grader I had last year was the youngest sibling of a boy I had several years ago. The parents of the boys had been high school classmates in an ED program in the 90's...
My quick take on this issue: nature provides a propencity (spelling?), and nurture seals the deal.
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