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Originally Posted by deafdyke
Yes, request an aide. Say that your kids needs are so complex that one person can't really meet them all.
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I have a WONDERFUL aide - couldn't live without her. But she's not qualified to teach...she can do some small groups with like craft activities and that kind of thing...but what I need is a smaller classroom with one consistent language AND communication mode...the TC environment is nuts. I feel like I'm compromising the languages (spoken English/signed English and ASL) because I can't completely do one or the other...it's jumping back and forth. I WISH, WISH, WISH I was in a Bi/Bi philosophy-based school...but I'm not...
A for the numbers, I have 10 (!!!!) preschoolers (!!!) most have additional disabilities. The reason I don't have another aide is because my principal (who has NO background in special education much less deaf education) said, "But...there's only 10 kids in there." She gave me a book on classroom management, which totally pissed me off. And was it for managing a classroom for preschool? No. For deaf children? No. For children in special education programs? No. (rolling eyes here)