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Re: Inclusion research
Posted:
Feb 27, 1997 11:01 PM
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> > I've not had an aide in my class EVER,
> > and not had a special ed teacher help me in five years. I have had
> > dozens of special ed kids included in classes of up to 37.
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> Have you tried ASKING for help? Demanding help puts the other party on
> the defensive, and then you're not likely to get it.
"Asking" or "demanding" has nothing to do with it. If special education
students are mainstreamed into regular classroom, federal law requires that
regular classroom teachers be given assistance in the instruction of those
children. Several states specifiy how many special education children may
be in a classroom - if your classroom has enough mainstreamed students to
constitute a special education class, you are entitled by law to certain
helps. Teachers should not have to go hat-in -hand begging for what should
be in their classroom by law.
At the risk of sounding like a rabble rouser, contact your union and file a
grievance. This is a good opportunity for the parents of special education
children to show that they are not simply an advesarial group, but will
support teachers in getting them the help that teachers need to do the job
required of them.
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