Prompt #9: General Education Teachers: When working with special education teachers what are your challenges? Strengths? What could be done to increase you skill in the area?

 Much of the challenges I have with special education teachers is the precise terminology they use when describing student's educational programs and what they want to accomplish. Since I have never been a part or taken any sort SPED class, it is difficult to follow along when we have a staff meeting and the principal, guidance counselor, and experienced staff communicate and they know what they all mean. Mostly, its not the acronyms but the process they need us to follow and what doing a certain examination will determine.

One of my strengths is having a very flexible curriculum and can absolutely adjust lessons and assignments to meet the needs special education teachers think are best for the student. Perhaps an informative meetings demonstrating various examples of what a certain type of child would demonstrate so that we could detect problems earlier, or a review of the material we created to see if it is exactly the best modification for the student.