How Do You Assist Teachers To Include Students With Special Needs?
• Be precise in knowing exactly how you want the student included. • Don’t bring up grievances of what has happened in the past except as examples of the problem. Be specific and to the point. • Learn about the teacher. What is her/his case load, experience with children with special needs, educational level, years of teaching, and interests in the educational field? • Contact the teacher and ask for a meeting. Be polite. Explain that you would like some information about special education inclusion in her/his school at the meeting (not over the phone). Give the teacher a chance to do some research if she/he does not have the answer at her/his fingertips. • Go to the meeting with a cooperative attitude, specific requests, and a helping attitude. The purpose of the meeting is to help the child, not to blame any party of past behaviors. Most teachers are not on the opposite side of the fence. They are teachers because they care about children. Certainly not in it for the money! • Have yo
