After interviewing two amazing teachers in two different fields, I decided to be an advocate for Special Education. Special Education is a very serious topic there is a lot involve and I'm very excited to learn and prosper with this topic. I interview two different teachers, one was at-risk preschool teacher and the other special ed teacher, in which I enjoyed learning their different roles.
The three areas I will focus in will be the following, helping families with information about the development of their child's IEP, as well as support and encourage their decision so they do not have to feel intimidated when it comes to IEP meetings. Secondly, helping families know their rights of their child’s education laws, and lastly, I will focus on parent involvement.
I think that doing your paper on IEP is a good idea. Parents don't know that much about it and do need to be informed. Parents seeem to think that their child is just going to be labeled with Special Ed and they don't realize that an IEP is to help their child get the services they need. My sister was in that situation she did not know what an IEP was and my nephew needed speech. My sister was going to deny it until I explained to her what an IEP was for. Now she is happy that he got help.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is extremely important to help out the parents and give them information like you had mentioned. Helping the families is a must because most families going into an IEP meeting do not know what is going on and what is happening besides information that they have maybe looked up. Making it easier on the parents is a must because they have to work with their children when they are at home. Support is also a must because as teachers we do not want the parents to feel intimidated and discouraged while going into the meetings.
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