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my fighters are back. the kid that started it all is showing absolutely no remorse and he clearly thinks he didn't do shit wrong. he makes it hard to deal with him on a daily basis. it is situations like this that make teaching hard, i have to be an adult in the situation because, well, i'm the adult in the situation.
2 of my colleagues went to a workshop today and i saw one of them after school. they spoke about inclusion as an option for our higher functioning resource kids and i think we are really considering it. 3/4 of our kids would go to mainstream classes and we would be there as support and to modify right then and there. i'm really excited at the prospect. now we have to convince everyone else.
as it is set up now, the kids in the resource room are out of control. they think they have a free pass of some kind to act out in that environment because they know they are all special ed kids. i had to explain to my rowdy group today that they can't use their diagnoses as excuses in the real world. outside of the classroom there are no modifications and their boss won't care if they have ADHD or anything else. the cops don't care if they had a BIP when they were in school.
the hope is that they would regulate themselves accordingly when they are in the same room as their non-disabled peers. because as it is now they see my room and the other resource room as a place to be the "crazy special ed kids" and it makes me want to quit my job.
whew, it's only monday and my brain is already shot.
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More and more, the sixth graders in our Emotional Disabilities self-contained program are heading upstairs to mainstream, if only to provide for the very affect you mentioned: hoping they rise to the occassion and act appropriately while in class with their typical peers.
What worries me is the kids who spend alot of time mainstreamed are looking more and more depressed to me. Three kids I can think of are hanging in there with the academics, and they appear to be managing their behavior satisfactorily, but whenever I see them in the hall or at dismissal or arrival, they look so dragged down. Inclusion is not easy for kids, and we have to be mindful of the loss kids feel when they move out of the protection a self-contained class can provide. I'm not condoning the out-of-control rowdiness you mention, but I worry some inclusion issues get swept under the rug. We're so pleased they are moving on, so proud for them, their parents, and our programs that we do not see the hardships until something bad happens... like a major meltdown. I guess I'm saying just keep your eyes wide open.
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that is a side effect i had never quite thought about. thanks for bringing it up, i will definitely keep it in mind as the talks begin
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Okay, I must be psychic! The kid I was alluding to in my previous comment went ballistic during his after-school program....beat up, and I mean, beat up one of my second graders (who is very annoying, I must say.) The sixth grader punched, scratched, cursed, threatened to shoot the kid and his family, very dramatic and not something we have seen him do in 4 or 5 years. He's been percolating since then, I guess, and finally blew. So sad, really.
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I have a student that is E.D. i'll call him M.H. He is an amazing kid with alot of resilience. Yesterday his Mom fought for him to be dual-enrolled into a Middle School. He was so excited about the possibility of going to a normal school. One comment he made really hurt though "He said that only his Mom and one other person were smiling when he found out that he was going to be dual-enrolled they all just looked at me like I already failed." What a message!
If we don't let kids try and improve then what is the point!
I think as a special educator we get very "jaded" and expect the worst from kids. I have to have Hope or all this doesn't make sense. I want to believe that kids can make changes for the better and hold on to that belief. If I don't it is going to seep through into my teaching and I am going to be another of a long list of people that don't believe that M.H. and other kids with major learning and behavior issues can have any sucesses in their lives.
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