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Originally Posted by Griff
I went through what turned out to be a very good SpEd program. In my new gig I'm seeing a lot of young unprepared teachers often overseen by apparently disengaged veteran teachers. I see good ones as well but it looks like many teacher prep programs are missing it.
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I worked with a wonderful compassionate teacher who was being mentored by an older one who was "one size fits all".
One particular occasion stands out - I was made to feel indulgent when the autistic boy I worked with shoved another boy who had pushed into the line in front of him. It was immediately taken out of my hands and dealt with as a class "issue".
Physical retaliation doesn't work in the real world and is something that needs to be addressed (it was a push; he was 6). To treat it like spite or bullying, when in fact it was a reaction to someone else breaking the rules was not right. Calm, explain. Instead he was treated like a mean boy, and ended up wetting himself. Sigh. Yet the teacher who did so was lovely, and only working on advice she received.