A Teacher’s Story
As a parent of a son with ASD and an educator, I learned we cannot see the whole picture in Special Education. We need to change our point of view and see the challenges from different perspectives.
When I was a Special Education teacher, I sometimes became frustrated with parents who could not come to meetings or follow up with homework. But when I took off my Special Education teacher glasses and put on my parent point of view, I had a better understanding of their challenges and struggles. My parent story about Ian and his preschool teacher happened decades ago, but I always recall it in the present.
It happened 30 years ago during a cold Canadian winter when my three-year-old son had just been diagnosed with ASD. As a single mother, I had a hard time finding childcare, and when a teacher called about ways to help Ian, I was too much in a daze to listen. The story went like this:
A Teacher’s Story As a parent of a son with ASD and an educator, I learned we cannot see the whole picture in Special Education. We need to change our point of view and see the challenges from different perspectives. When I was a Special Education teacher, I sometimes became frustrated with parents who could not come to meetings or follow up with homework. But when I took off my Special Education teacher glasses and put on my parent point of view, I had a better understanding of their challenges and struggles. My parent story about Ian and his preschool teacher happened decades ago, but I always recall it in the present. It happened 30 years ago during a cold Canadian winter when my three-year-old son had just been diagnosed with ASD. As a single mother, I had a hard time finding childcare, and when a teacher called about ways to help Ian, I was too much in a daze to listen. The story went like this:
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