The Dark Side of Special Education: Violent Students, Extreme Behavior, Misdiagnoses/IEPs, and Low Wages

In today's interview, we'll delve deeper into the experiences of a teacher at a non-public school in California serving special education students with emotional disorders and behavioral problems. We will explore a variety of topics including teacher shortages, concerns about overdiagnosis or misdiagnosis of students, parental pressure to enroll children in special education for the perceived benefits, dealing with extreme student behavior , dealing with parents in denial of their child's behavior and struggle. suffering from compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma among teachers and assistants. We will also discuss the challenges of dealing with fights and runaway students, the looming threat of lawsuits, high educator turnover, and the ongoing problem of low funding for California's nonpublic schools. Stay tuned for all this and more, and don't forget to subscribe for more teacher therapy!

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