Recommended Training/Books For Bad Teacher

[equinox]

Hi,

I'm the parent of 16 year old aspie. She is an amazing young women. (She has had anxiety problems since she was very little. A couple years ago our school asked us to officially get her tested for autism. She was confirmed to have high functioning ASD. Personally I think its more correct to to associate her with aspergers, if we have to give her a label. Anyway the official diagnosis has helped with some of her teachers to understand her better.)

Although each year we always gets at least one teacher that struggles with how to deal with her. This year was no exception but I think we probably hit our worst case this year. We had multiple meetings with this teacher trying to explain to him how to approach our daughter. When he started referring to our daughter as "Rain Man" and other ASD terms in front of the other kids in class. Eventually we gave up and pulled her from the class and put her in an online version of the class.

So as the year closes. I want to write the board of the school a bit of a nasty letter. Additionally in it I want to request the board give this teacher some training or at least force them to read a book about ASD. I'm looking for recommendations what might be available to educate a very bad teacher before he treats other ASD students this way.

Thanks
-Loving Parent of a Great Aspie Child

 

[Questella]

Aspergers isn't an official diagnosis anymore. When I was diagnosed the psych said it would of been aspergers but now it's just the umbrella asd.

 

[pax]

He shouldn't be teaching.

 

[WereBear]

One thing is universal. No teacher should use belittling or disparaging terms for any student.

Also, a professional should be able to teach students in the way that works best for the student. Knowing what that is should be regarded as the job of a professional.

I would also add that a teacher harassing a student when the teacher is acting ignorant and indifferent to their needs is the opposite of what any teacher is supposed to do. A professional would figure out what the student needed on their own and ask for help if needed. Instead, this teacher insulted the student.

Emphasize all the teachers who did well. Emphasize where your child did well. This will highlight the fact that this teacher was the failure.

If the school or district has a mission statement or teaching standards, and you can ask for this, that should illustrate more ways this treatment of your child was unacceptable.

 

[Judge]

I'm looking for recommendations what might be available to educate a very bad teacher before he treats other ASD students this way.

Having spent many years underwriting commercial and personal liability insurance, I can assure you that such a complaint and/or cease-and-desist request with an attorney's letterhead addressed to the superintendent of a public school district does wonders to get their attention.

 

[WereBear]

Having spent many years underwriting commercial and personal liability insurance, I can assure you that such a complaint and/or cease-and-desist request with an attorney's letterhead addressed to the superintendent of a public school district does wonders to get their attention.

LOL & QFT

 

[Judge]

LOL & QFT

Take no prisoners.

Bureaucrats are often ambivalent towards taxpayer complaints. But when they see an attorney's letterhead, they usually become quite "compliant", quite fast.

Insurers aren't apt to take an attorney's request lightly either, given the potential for consequences. Whether anyone thinks they're bluffing or not becomes academic. Where being proactive becomes the best- and most logical course of action.