Special Education Issues by Stacy Begin https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020 Share the top three special education related issues that I would hear at your work site? en-us 2019-12-09 20:24:26 UTC 2025-12-07 12:02:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/sticky.jpg lwygand https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308553 Caseload size for Itinerant Teachers.
Prep time for IEPs/lesson planning.
Removing students from IEPs because they get good grades but they still have a disability.]]> 2020-01-18 21:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308553 Special Education Issues amiklos https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308581 Class size/caseload
Safety
Compensation/extra time for the amount of reports, IEP paperwork, etc.]]> 2020-01-18 21:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308581 SMEEA https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308637 •Caseload size 
•prep time
•Collaboration with Gen Ed staff for inclusion/push-in/support 

]]> 2020-01-18 21:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308637 District proposing using one time money toward encroachment. greg_bass https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308668 2020-01-18 21:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308668 Colton Joint Unified mary_garrison2 https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308699
Gen ed teachers complain about having to go to IEP meetings, for students who are not mainstreamed (or who are on home/hospital.)

Sped teachers don’t have the tone they need to complete the KTEA testing. 

Sped kids belong in a behavior class! Not gen ed class!
]]> 2020-01-18 21:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308699 Classroom structure is not appropriate for the needs of the students. An SDC class with students from age 3 thru 2nd grade https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308863 2020-01-18 21:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308863 Rachel Ham https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308898 Class size/caseload
Prep time/meeting times for IEPs
Compensation for overtime duties in IEP prep]]> 2020-01-18 21:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308898 Aggressive violent students with no behavior training or support for teachers and staff https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308938 2020-01-18 21:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308938 RTI students https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308951 Do RTI students that the district ask you to take count as your RSP caseload limit of 28 on edcode?]]> 2020-01-18 21:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308951 What do we do to address major behavior issues? https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308955 2020-01-18 21:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308955 Inclusion without proper training. https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308995 2020-01-18 21:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433308995 https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309035 Psychs forced to drop 9 students each from sped.

Forced to choose 1/2 of our SDC students to be placed in RSP

No time to get everything done]]> 2020-01-18 21:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309035 https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309047 Can special Ed students be suspended?]]> 2020-01-18 21:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309047 Not enough paraprofessional support to accommodate the needs of the students. https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309070 2020-01-18 21:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309070 https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309076 Student and staff safety and lack of staffing (para’s, sub teachers, sub aides, etc.). ]]> 2020-01-18 21:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309076 Solano Co Education Association jdickinson15 https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309099 Caseload/Class size
Support specialist shortage (SLPs, Nurses, etc)
Safety in the classroom]]> 2020-01-18 21:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309099 Not supporting Other service providers (SLP) to appropriately meet the needs of the students in the district!! https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309123 2020-01-18 21:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309123 Caseload, over 28, no waiver, teacher does not wish to go over, district ignores greg_bass https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309157 2020-01-18 21:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309157 Caseload vs workload https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309159 2020-01-18 21:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309159 Lack of support https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309173 2020-01-18 21:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309173 https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309177 General education teachers not following IEP accommodations 

Prep time

Appropriate placement 


]]> 2020-01-18 21:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309177 https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309181 1) Lack of training for gen ed teachers on sped topics
2) Caseload size
3) Staffing/resources
4) equity

]]> 2020-01-18 21:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309181 IEP meetings that are controlled by admin and railroad families into inclusion when it may not be in the students’ best interest. https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309194 2020-01-18 21:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309194 https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309202 How do we keep SDC class size averages down?]]> 2020-01-18 21:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309202 Teachers in charge without an admin credential signing an IEP as admin https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309204 2020-01-18 21:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309204 https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309229 Inclusion, lack of support, lack of training]]> 2020-01-18 21:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309229 Students on IEPs are causing disruptions in the classroom and harming other students and even adults, but the district is leaving the teachers to their own devices. https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309250 2020-01-18 21:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309250 Anonymous https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309291 Is it usual and customary for an RSP teacher to service Speech only kiddos in academics? ]]> 2020-01-18 21:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309291 Who can be Admin for IEP mtgs https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309378 2020-01-18 21:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309378 https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309392 Not enough time to write IEP's]]> 2020-01-18 21:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309392 https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309496 Not enough support for the inclusion they are pushing, not enough support for gen Ed curriculum for resource students, not enough support for mental health for our students]]> 2020-01-18 21:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309496 https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309503 Students being forced into a diploma track who are unable to access curriculum even without significant accommodations ]]> 2020-01-18 21:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309503 https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309587 Not being able to give services other than English and math. ]]> 2020-01-18 21:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433309587 SDC teachers changed to RSP https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433313979 Our district is asking secondary mild/moderate special day class teachers to become RSP teachers increasing their caseload to 28 instead of the contract limit of 20-22. Their students, currently SDC, would then become RSP even though they’re in sped for more than half the day. The RSP and mild moderate SDC programs would then become one large program providing services to all of the students from push-in, co-teaching, teaching all subjects within special Ed by RSP/SDC along with RSP instructing students who are in sped for more than 1/2 the day. ]]> 2020-01-18 22:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sbegin/Issues2020/wish/433313979