1.) What do you wish that regular class teachers would do to help students with disabilities?

Question

1.) What do you wish that regular class teachers would do to help students with disabilities?

Answer 1

Wow, sounds like momof2 has grounds for a formal complaint against her child's teacher!

I wish that regular ed. teachers would implement modifications with fidelity!  Also, I hate it when they say that modifications aren't "fair" , that one really gets me.  This is my favorite quote: "Fair isn't everyone getting the same thing, fair is everyone getting what they need."

Answer 2

Students with disabilities should have special teachers/tutors. Regular teachers are busy enough with overpopulated classes... Its not fair to have one student (who requires far more help) monopolizing their time.

Answer 3

Be willing to let the kids do what they need to to be able to cope with day to day. My daughter's 3rd grade teacher knew she had a dissability and would actually punish her with extra work, for not being able to finish the work she already had.  She would also punish her for taking 15 minutes to use the sensory room which was part of her IEP.  That lady was wicked.

Answer 4

There are a great number of "special education" students that are enrolled in regular classes who receive modifications or accommodations.  These students may have some disability such as ADHD or dyslexia that require more from a regular education teacher  but not enough that they need to be placed in a special education class.  I wish that regular education teachers would realize that special education teachers are not miracle workers, especially when it comes to behaviors.  We don't have some magic power that is going to make this student sit down, pay attention and not cause problems.  We simply ask questions, find out what's going in the students life that might be effecting their behavior.

Answer 5

i know there is a lot of negative feed back and i'm sure it,s true. my son has pdd-nos. and sensory issues. his kindergarden teacher was a trip, her answer to his condition was he needs to get over it!!! but his first grade teacher (MRS. TEESDALE) is wonderful, she started a journal which she writes in everyday and sends home for me to read and thats how we communicate. she acctually we to night school on her own and on her own dime last year because she had two autistic children in her class and SHE wanted to be better educated so she could better educate them. so my point is yes there are some teachers out there that just don't get it. but please remember there are some willing to go the extra mile to educate your child the best way they can. i hope his 2nd grade teacher is just as intune as Mrs Teesdale. just wanted to put some positive info out there. thanks for reading  kit-kat.

Answer 6

Actually have enough sense to follow the childs IEP plan and quit violating FEDERAL laws.

Answer 7

Advocate for their students with and without disabilities.  There is too much going on for a regular education teacher to do.  First there is the day to day lesson planning, grading papers, etc.  Second, they must deal with No Child Left Behind and the personal education plans that must be developed and implemented for child without a disability but who are behind. Third, they must deal with barriers-  language, poverty, abused/ neglected/ half-taken care of children, etc.  Then they must work with and teach children who have significant disabilities and those who are gifted.  It's just too much going on in a classroom of 25 kids.  No one call be all to all students.