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This 7 page paper provides an overview of interviews with one educator about educating LD learners, including the role of parents. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Behind Act (NCLB) has led to increasing focus on providing parents with adequate data for decision-making and promoting positive parent/teacher interactions. For children with learning disabilities, the team approach
based on interactions between parents and teachers is one of the most effective in addressing student needs. Interview "Jane" is a 48 year-old special education teacher
working primarily in the resource room. She has been working in special education for 25 years and stated that she has watched her role in special education change over
the years. Specifically, Jane stated that the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act has defined a specific change in how she interacts with other educators and with
family members. Jane stated that when she began working in Special Education in the 1980s, parents rarely felt the need to intervene. She could enter a Pupil
Evaluation Team (PET) meeting, present her information about the needs of a student, have them sign off on the students individual education program (IEP) plan and never hear from them
again until they appeared for the next PET meeting. Increasingly, though, parents are demonstrating an awareness of their rights, the rights of their children, and the benefits they can
receive from being constant advocates for the needs of their children. As a result, No Child Left Behind has created a call for communication with parents and active interactions
to promote continuity between home and school. Jane went on to note that there are both positives and negatives to parent interactions and to their desire to be involved
to a greater degree both in the planning and application of individual education plans for LD learners. The positives, Jane maintained, is that students can gain from educational plans
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