https://padlet.com/williamreeves35/10srni6vjevh Week 4 Ovierview en-us 2016-11-19 17:15:21 UTC 2025-03-14 03:27:19 UTC hello@padlet.com williamreeves35 https://padlet.com/williamreeves35/10srni6vjevh/wish/138886869
Four Reasons to Blur Gen ed with Spec Ed

1. Special Ed. is ineffective, unnecessary, or harmful. 
-Poorly conceived theories use non research based approaches
-too individualized to create meaningful data
-could reduce Special education by 70% through early intervention

2. General Education Needs Special Education's money
-Special Education teachers should help both student's with disability and students without disability.

3. Blurring promotes inclusion of all students.

4. Stand alone special education requires too constricted of a role for a school Psychologist. 




]]> 2016-11-19 17:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/williamreeves35/10srni6vjevh/wish/138886869 williamreeves35 https://padlet.com/williamreeves35/10srni6vjevh/wish/138888864 As with any reading, I look specifically within my field, which is mostly behavior. Finding solutions that are based in research is sometimes very difficult. In my building we do a lot of the "what we have done in the past." This can be with or without positive results or data. 

Getting everyone to list possible solutions is a great option and helps give a voice to all that are involved, not just the loudest or most out spoken. Creating a Nominal Group allows for multiple solutions that may not have ever been mentioned. ]]> 2016-11-19 17:57:47 UTC https://padlet.com/williamreeves35/10srni6vjevh/wish/138888864 williamreeves35 https://padlet.com/williamreeves35/10srni6vjevh/wish/138889168 The use of RTI to identify students who need special education, at least for those who have high incident disabilities, serves as a check to simply putting students in Special Education. It also allows educators to help students who struggle earlier in their learning, before problems become more serious. 

In practice, my experience sees a "blurring" of IDEA with NCLB. I see the two models used simultaneously, at least until about two years ago. RTI, as a tool was often used as a pull out or even pseudo resource room within the NCLB model, allowing teachers to help students with more serious needs. Inclusion became the practice, but RTI gave a time each day for students with needs to be addressed. 

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