Becca Wertheim

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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children · TPP 016a: Understanding and Navigating the Parent-Teacher Relationship with Becca Wertheim · 17 Nov 2023 podcast

Yeah, well I will say that in my experience it is um is very important and it is working as long as the support is provided.

So I know that sub um and what I mean by that support is that students who may learn differently will n may need that extra support of another adult working with them one-on-one or in a small group setting and it'll be a teacher who is licensed in special education.

So that's different from having an instructional assistant or a teacher assistant like I have.

It would be an adult who is actually licensed in special education to come in and support students who may be learning differently than their peers.

And I'm grateful that in my school we have a lot of a lot of support in that area.

And so that may look differently from school to school, district to district, and of course state to state.

Country to country.

But in my school, I've had a positive experience, and I think it's been awesome to teach so many different types of learners.

And it's really helped me become a better teacher as well, because I've had to form my instruction based on the way that my kids respond to what I'm teaching.

So it's my job as a teacher to constantly be

aware of how my students are responding and I have to do formative assessments all day long.

And what I mean by formative assessment is it doesn't mean kids are sitting down and taking a test.

A formative assessment means that I'm using observation and anecdotal notes to see what my students are retaining and what they may need more support with.

And if something isn't working, like if my teaching approach is not working and my students or a small group of my students or one or two of my students is not learning, then I have to change my approach to meet them where they're at.

So an inclusion model, it does take a lot of work because classroom teachers, I mean, really, it's kind of like I'm teaching 20 individual lessons versus one lesson.

Into 20 students because every single student is going to need something a little bit different.

And the way that I provide though that differentiation will look different for every subject and every day, but it does take more work, but I think it's worth it in the long run, especially for the students for them to be included with their peers, for everybody to be included together.

And to really

Learn from each other and each other's unique learning styles.

So I might have students who are more talented when it comes to drawing or building or creating.

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