Inclusion Is The Biggest Push In Special Education. Sometimes, It’s Wrong.

As someone who works in special education as an IEP chair (someone who oversees the special education process at my school), I have facilitated more than a hundred IEP meetings over the past year. It’s my second year in the position, but I have earned a reputation as someone who is good at adhering to the deadlines inherent in special education law and regulations. I have seen the process really work out for some kids and parents and have gotten in substantial paperwork to help make it happen. Our teams have gathered enough data to support kids getting into the right placements (like public separate-day schools), students with severe disabilities getting 1-on-1s, students getting transportation services, and more. I’ve been a part of IEP teams and re-evaluations where students make so much progress that they test out of special education and the student no longer has an IEP. It’s a ton of work, as you can imagine, but it means a lot to students and parents. <a href="https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/inclusion-is-the-biggest-push-in-special-education-sometimes-its-wrong-367c616ce142">Website</a>