“How do I teach this class--all kids at once--while preserving the dignity of this student, meeting their needs at their level, honoring their right to an education; and meeting those same needs of my gen ed students?”source ↗

“I feel like I'm being asked to teach an 11th grade class at the same time as a 1st grade class, and it's unfair to all parties involved.”source ↗

“I have no training and no clue how to teach someone with a 2nd grade reading level.”source ↗

“Otherwise, you leave a teacher in a classroom without para support for your child and the other children in the class also struggle because so much of the teacher's time is having to be used for the spectrum child.”source ↗

“I'm a retired teacher serving as an "extra" body at the beginning of the year because we have a few show up the first day of kindergarten every year and the parents or caregivers act like their child does not struggle.”source ↗

“In reality there shouldn't be any help given and the teacher is left on an island and thoroughly exhausted and at their wits end.”source ↗

“I’ve worked in total inclusion where I’ve had GIEPS and IEPs with severe needs in the same class. Of course, you’re usually told to differentiate.”source ↗

“But I also feel that my middle of the road kids suffer cause I’m torn in different directions trying to differentiate and manage behavior.”source ↗

“I teach a specials class at a title 1 elementary school and I don't know anything really about how our Special Ed dept works but my school has a lot, and I mean A LOT of kids with high needs.”source ↗

“Then on the other side of this, in almost every single gen ed room, there is *at least* 1 to sometimes 3 kids who cannot function in that environment AT ALL.”source ↗

“So I'm just curious, what is the deciding factor in gen ed vs self contained ?? is it just academics or what bc it's obviously not behaviors”source ↗