Special education- IEP issue: Advice please???
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:37:16 -0500
I am a sped teacher in a self-contained classroom in a regular school. One of my students (Let's call him Michael) has really improved his literacy, math and speech skills.School administration is demanding that I recommend Michael to be placed in a more restrictive class setting (i.e. a special ed school). They feel he shouldn't be in my class and that he needs more "services." On the other hand, I am his teacher and I disagree. I've worked with the child daily for 2 years. I can prove that this child has made progress since I've been his teacher and he is not mentally retarded like they're trying to label him. His testing results show that he is functioning pretty close to his grade level in reading and not that far behind in math. I've been instructed to write an IEP that says he should be in this other setting. Personally, I think the administration are on a wild goose hunt to get rid of certain special needs kids. Can I refuse to do this on ethical grounds? What are my rightsBTW, I work in a very repressive, top down environment and I do not wish to earn the wrath of my supervisor. However, I do believe that the recommendation is immapropriate considering they don't spend any time with the student and don't really know him as well as I do. Being in that environment will do irreparable harm to his efforts....I apologize for the grammatical and spelling errors. I was typing very fast. I do believe in proper grammar and clear writing. It's innapropriate not "immapropriate." lolForgive me for the other random errors.Thanks for your advice. In New York parents are supposed to be involved in the IEP process at all levels. Unfortunately that is not often the case in the community where I work (high poverty, low parental involvement, and rampant illiteracy at every level). I may try to reach out to his parents before doing anything. I hope they will be receptive considering I have only seen them once in the 2 years I've worked with Michael and it was for something entirely unrelated to his academic performance or behavior. We'll see.......
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