Special Needs Workshop
Changes the community wants to see…
Better document and evaluating of IEP goals
Promote success
Be proactive
Teachers who are qualified to teach special needs - even the mainstream teacher
Value what the parents have to say
Treat them like a person - not a problem and cost
The way the school and teacher define special needs
How school and teacher let their students get involved with special needs
No suspensions, understanding and have them work through
See kids differently, won't store, they understand why they are that way
Teacher education on special needs
Allow for discovery - wait time for responses
Not rote teaching
Full inclusion teaching all children to understand the needs of others.
Building a better community
Flexible teachers
Trained aides
Teams of teachers who are properly trained on the needs of their students
Want it to be really a team
No rote learning
Full disclosure
Full transparency
What excites you?
How the kids see the world
Teach kids to become a better person
New way of learning, not just write and regurgitate
Integrated subjects
Accepting students' differences
Embracing different thinking - not changing their personality/style to "fit in"
Staff open to listening
No preset program already
The technology based is exciting
What don’t you want to see…
Documenting everything the child does wrong - focus on success
Only negative communication with teachers
Overcrowded classroom
Special needs be handle in special ways
Kids in one class part time, another class part time
Too many transitions that maybe hard for special needs students
New Opportunities you would like to see…
Typical kids read to special education preschool
Access to more opportunities
I hope my son will be able to be in a fully inclusive classroom with his peers - even at preschool level
Classrooms that are not too stimulating for any students including noise, lighting, class size, etc
Exposure to mentors - successful people with special needs
I hop kids can get involved with special needs students
Flexible programs to suit the child
Full inclusionary
Personalization based on child
School with local peers
All at one school - preschool, K-2, 3-5, and 6-8
Deal Breakers
Same old ways of learning - rote learning
Class size, especially for sensory kids
Nothing changes
Lack of support systems
Less than sincere administration
No special needs
Special education preschool