Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Least Restrictive Environment I have a new student to my 4th grade classroom. He has autism and while I have had students with autism in the mainstream classroom in previous years, I have never had a student this severe. The student had a one on one parapro at the school he attended prior to my school. I am very concerned, because I teach the inclusion class this year and I have a high number of ADHD students. Since this student requires so much support, my inclusion students are not receiving the services required by their IEP when the inclusion teacher comes to our classroom for the included segments. In my opinion, these other students are in their least restrictive environments because they are successful with the services, accommodations, and modifications they receive. However, my new student takes away from these services. He is very distracting to others and distracted himself. I do not feel that he is benefiting from the services, and the other students are missing out. What are the next steps to show that the student needs another placement without insulting the SPED teacher and seeming to tell her how to do her job appropriately? What actions should be taken without tattle tailing that my students with IEPs are not being served because of the attention one student requires? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I am experiencing a similar situation in my internship right now. We recently got a new student is severely low functioning. At his previous school he had a one on one parapro but now he does not. It has caused issues in the classroom because the other students are not getting all of the accommodations and modifications and one on one that they need in order to be successful because the new student requires so much of the teachers time. Documentation of the incidents are key. Any and all forms would be acceptable; anecdotal records, checklists, and even student artifacts and portfolios documenting student work prior to the new student and student work after the new student. This will allow you to talk with the SPED teacher and allow he or she to better understand your struggle.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: This is a great answer, thank you for the advice. I will keep it in mind to use in future classroom Rated On: July 4, 2018 3:41 pm Rated By: eReXaG