Should An Education Advocate Run For The School Board?

There have been several cases where a person with special education advocacy experience has run for the school board. There was, of course, hue and cry on both sides of the issue any time it presented itself.

Some people were afraid that the advocate would favor special education students and bankrupt the district. It is not unusual for people to think that everything related to special education is exceedingly expensive when there are...

Authentic Successful Inclusion

Is it enough to have a child with learning challenges in the classroom for that room to have the label of an inclusive class? What needs to happen in order for the distinction of inclusion to be applied to that class?

Successful authentic inclusion is measured by one’s level of appropriate participation. It is not being tolerated! It is not enough to simply be present in the classroom.

Successful authentic inclusion is about being a VALUED member of the...

When I read that a six-year-old has been taken from a school in handcuffs by police, as a former special ed teacher, I want to take every administrator in the building from the school in handcuffs by police and let them stay in jail for a couple of days not knowing what is going to happen just to give them a taste of the trauma imposed on that child.

COMFORT not CONTROL

CONNECTION not CONSEQUENCES

I realize that behavior can be exceedingly disruptive and that is why it is so important...