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- Jun 13, 2016
I agree. I thought all the teachers in that thread were extremely respectful and circumspect discussing how to handle assigning academic metrics to a child that has no awareness or motor control. It makes it obvious they are being forced to use a metric that is pointless for profoundly brain damaged people.I didn’t get that impression at all. They seemed to be trying to help in a situation they are not equipped to help in.
Jails are not mental institutions, but they are full of schizophrenics and people with major mental heal problems. Similarly, schools are not hospitals but more and more parents think their brainless child can learn. . Teachers are not equipped to handle children as severely damaged as Luna. Special Ed teachers can help with teaching the activities of daily living-buttoning buttons, brushing teeth, saying hello to your table partner for kids with autism or other disabilities. The kids with normal brains are mainstreamed with an aide.
A child who can never think or learn and who could even die if another kid throws a ball and it hits them wrong does not belong in a regular school.
We need mental hospitals back, and we need places to either house severely disabled or give parents like Robyn a break. Schools can’t take care of such a profoundly damaged child.
They should be staffed by doctors and nurses, not police and teachers.
And while I didn’t read what you did in the tone, I wouldn’t blame them. If a person went to school to teach and end up a nurse they have a right to be frustrated.
Special education classes were never meant to handle children that aren’t capable of learning. I understand that legally every child must be accommodated but they shouldn’t be requiring teachers to be care takers or forcing them to make up academic goals.
It’s akin to trying to grade pre-schoolers on the LSAT or MCAT. What grade are they supposed to give when the 4 year old just drew a smiley face and wiped a booger on the test?