Reply #19: Great advice... [View All]

[CoffeeCat]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. That is sound advice, because right now--I'm not
completely sure about the answers.

I just feel that the school has the wrong answer right now.

So, was the school pushing to do the same thing to your daughter?

If I may ask, when you produced your own set of data--based on professional experts--was that difficult for the
teachers who were recommending special education? Did they see it as an attack on their own expertise and
opinions?

I am not sure--and I hate to speculate, but this is what I sense--that the teacher cares about my daughter
and has her best interests at heart--but there's this frenzied urgency I sense. I don't know what it's
about! Maybe she feel that my daughter's poor performance reflects negatively on her? Maybe she's
under a lot of pressure to solve this NOW...I just don't know.

I wonder if when a child is labeled "special ed" if there could be some relief--because that means the problem
is with the child--and not the teacher. I don't know, I feel this is the wrong decision and I don't understand
the dire urgency to make such an ill-proposed decision.

Just thinking out loud...