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By Rose

My spec ed colleges and I struggled with these same issues for a number of years. One of our main problems was a principal who agreed with the theory that spec ed students should be kept separate. Our solution? We had
to wait until we got a new principal!! probably not what you wanted to hear. Our new principal had declared that ALL students will be included in ALL areas to the best of that students abilities. There is no more "theirs and mine". We've had a lot of PD training for gen ed staff in ways to accommodate spec ed students and we spec ed teachers are running our selves ragged trying to assist

all those who want/need our help. We still have some resistance but things are improving. You may want to look into inclusion and start pushing it in your area. The best we could do before was to find on or two "good" teachers that were open minded and willing to change their lesson plans, and we made sure our spec ed kids were paired with their classes. Stepped on a few toes and was developed a reputation for being pushy, but figured the kids were worth it. Luckily I had tenure!! Keep pushing and get rid of the ours and theirs idea.