tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post2166088521961652929..comments2023-10-24T16:16:29.095+01:00Comments on Club 166: What a difference a day makesClub 166http://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-61519231277251907562007-03-04T21:31:00.000+00:002007-03-04T21:31:00.000+00:00Joe, you're absolutely right: that's where the Lea...Joe, you're absolutely right: that's where the Least Restrictive Environment comes in. The LRE also needs to be the most effective environment, but that's not always noted. <BR/>Good luck to you and to others who experience this awful situation.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647906900944224234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-70366680202963186582007-03-04T04:20:00.000+00:002007-03-04T04:20:00.000+00:00I don't think inclusion/push in is the right solut...I don't think inclusion/push in is the right solution for everybody. But in our situation I think it would work just fine, IF there was a 1:1 aide with Buddy Boy.<BR/><BR/>It's just that the school system doesn't want to pay for one.Club 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-71774682347892217822007-03-03T23:20:00.000+00:002007-03-03T23:20:00.000+00:00Posts like this spur such mixed feelings in me. I ...Posts like this spur such mixed feelings in me. I am an autism mom (son with Aspergers and visual impairment) and an elementary teacher. I have taught several students with Aspergers or PDD or autism, and it doesn't have to be this way! Inclusion (mainstreaming, push-in) can and does work with a good special ed/regular ed team.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647906900944224234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-51547510626242791892007-03-03T13:46:00.000+00:002007-03-03T13:46:00.000+00:00David,Please feel free to repost this. I keep mea...David,<BR/><BR/>Please feel free to repost this. I keep meaning to get one of those Creative Commons license/buttons to dress up the bottom of the blog, but haven't gotten around to it. As there are usually much better writers out there on any given day I actually never thought the issue would ever come up.<BR/><BR/>One thing that I should make clear. We have also come across and interacted with some great individuals working as teachers and therapists.<BR/><BR/>It's just that the general rule applies-the bad experiences stick with you ten times longer than the good.<BR/><BR/>I should write about some more of the good stuff, too. It was just that reading that posting on MommyGuilt's blog the other morning triggered a visceral reaction that I didn't realize was still lurking inside me. I figured posting about it was as good as "therapy" as anything for me. :)Club 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-60832655656738668582007-03-03T06:58:00.000+00:002007-03-03T06:58:00.000+00:00I'm sad to see this happening as an example of peo...I'm sad to see this happening as an example of people I'm supposed to see as colleagues.<BR/><BR/>If they can't used their bloody heads (they have degrees and/or other qualifications for the jobs they do, so that's the least we can expect from them!), they are no f*cking colleagues of mine. May I use this post to publicly disown that section of the special education workforce?David N. Andrews M. Ed., C. P. S. E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10361832306977383560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-75264953719254147822007-03-03T06:31:00.000+00:002007-03-03T06:31:00.000+00:00If I ever had any regrets that we left St Louis I ...If I ever had any regrets that we left St Louis I don't have them now.....<BR/><BR/>The year Charlie was in SSD, a disabled student died at one of the schools. Something a soda that she wanted) and being improperly restrained. <BR/><BR/>By the time this came out, Jim had accepted a one-semester position in New Jersey. <BR/><BR/>The police? Don't they have OTHER things to worry about in St. Louis?kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104388229716638534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-41182797948641738982007-03-03T04:47:00.000+00:002007-03-03T04:47:00.000+00:00Mommyguilt,Feel free to repost it wherever.Andrea,...Mommyguilt,<BR/><BR/>Feel free to repost it wherever.<BR/><BR/>Andrea,<BR/><BR/><B><I>Funny how successes are owned by teachers and failures are owned by students...</B></I><BR/><BR/>Truer words were never said. We have these laws that supposedly protect our children's rights in school. But there are no impartial observors to see that they are. All interpretations are made by the foxes running the henhouse. And somehow the foxes are never wrong...Club 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-77886796074260657822007-03-03T04:16:00.000+00:002007-03-03T04:16:00.000+00:00Argh! Somehow the cause of problems is never "sta...Argh! Somehow the cause of problems is never "staff making bad choices" or "staff not following IEP or BIP". Too often the problem is "bad reaction to initial reaction" rather than something related to identifying and solving actual cause of problem. <BR/><BR/>But it's much easier to react to the reaction than to identify the situations and triggers.<BR/><BR/>Funny how successes are owned by teachers and failures are owned by students...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-59365998719423065712007-03-03T03:54:00.000+00:002007-03-03T03:54:00.000+00:00Thanks for helping to get the word out on this. I...Thanks for helping to get the word out on this. I'm simply mortified by this. Do you mind if I repost this on my <A HREF="http://myspace.com/mikeswiferocks" REL="nofollow"> myspace site</A>? I definitely will forward your words of wisdom on to those who originally presented this post to me.<BR/><BR/>Something must be done. We've been extremely fortunate that the school, a catholic school, has been more than willing to work with us. When SmallBoy has a rough day,be it a simple meltdown or an all-out thrash down tantrum, we all work it out and strategize. He's not in academic jeopardy (yet), so IDEA isn't going to help us now, but we, as his parents, sure as hell will.mommyguilthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08464912775515544036noreply@blogger.com