One of our fellow M&Ms put this question in the box at our last Elementary Teacher's Mentor and Mentee meeting. Honestly, I forgot to check the box for questions until everyone had left. My apologies. The question is an important one and I would like to hear from mentors and mentees on this topic. Does anyone have advice on this one:
"What is the best course of action if a parent doesn't believe the teacher is speaking the truth about his/her child-in terms of social, academic, or emotional performance?"
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I am currently working to meet the needs of a particular student I see for speech-language therapy. He receives many services, leaving few times in the day when I can see him. I have had him scheduled during his science class. He has recently been very upset about this as it is his favorite subject and feels successful in it. He becomes quite upset when I pull him out of it for speech therapy and then will not attend to the speech therapy lesson. I am currently in the process of rearranging my schedule so that I can provide his services in the classroom. Right now I see children from other classes in the same group as him, that is why I have to rearrange things. Though this is not an easy task, I feel that this is what will allow me serve this child best.
Ashley, It is wonderful to see a therapist "see" the whole child and all of his or her needs. Meeting these needs in our current system is very challenging for both therapist and teacher. Your willingness to rearrange your schedule (which I know is difficult task) demonstrates your core belief of keeping the child at the center. He is lucky to have such an understanding therapist! Good luck and thanks for sharing with us.
Sue
Great work.
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