Teacher in Autism Unit Needs Help Dealing with Parents
“The parents of my student with severe Autism, a speech impairment, and self injurious behavior that leads to a lot of self biting insists that he’ll be going to college to become a computer programmer. I am lucky if I can get him to log in on his computer independently. His mom wants him reading at level so he can be ready and doing on-grade-level math (Freshman Algebra), but he has a hard time with anything past two digit addition and subtraction when regrouping is involved. My campus is promising all kinds of miracles I don’t think I can deliver. I’m starting to hate my job, this is just too much. What can I do?”
Listen to find out what Meredith can do to make her parents, administration, and students all happy.
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