This year I have started teaching in a totally different setting. My entire teaching career so far has been teaching middle school inclusion. While I loved my students and coworkers, inclusion was not the route I originally intended to go with my teaching career. I first fell in love with special education when I worked in a home with a young boy with cerebral palsy. I knew then that I wanted to work with students with more severe disabilities. After a few years teaching inclusion, I wanted to get back to my roots and what I originally wanted to do. So this year, I made the leap and accepted a position teaching medically fragile students with multiple disabilities at a special education school locally.
And I am so glad I made the switch! This year has challenged me in ways I have never imagined. I absolutely feel like this is where I am meant to be! One of the challenges I have encountered so far this school year is that when searching online for resources or tips, there is simply not much out there for working with this population of students.
*Enter this blog*
So naturally, I decided to start a blog. This blog will be a culmination of resources and tips I have found and created through my own teaching and research. This will not only be something I can refer back to for myself over the years, but also something that I hope will help other educators entering this very specific field within education. Happy reading, and happy teaching!
And I am so glad I made the switch! This year has challenged me in ways I have never imagined. I absolutely feel like this is where I am meant to be! One of the challenges I have encountered so far this school year is that when searching online for resources or tips, there is simply not much out there for working with this population of students.
*Enter this blog*
So naturally, I decided to start a blog. This blog will be a culmination of resources and tips I have found and created through my own teaching and research. This will not only be something I can refer back to for myself over the years, but also something that I hope will help other educators entering this very specific field within education. Happy reading, and happy teaching!