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Much of what you said in your reflection really resonated with me and my experiences this year.
I think that the most valuable skill that we can learn as a teacher in an inclusive classroom, handling a spectrum of behavioral and academic struggles, is flexibility. In this role, we may not simply be flexible in the more literal sense of the word (changing lessons when we figure out it’s not working quite as effectively as we’d anticipated). We must constantly demonstrate a more abstract form of flexibility.
Mental flexibility is essential when you are the one responsible for making sure that ALL students in your classroom learn. What works for one student may not work for another, no matter how similar their situations may seem. As the teacher, you must have the mental flexibility to recognize these differences, adapt your plan, implement it, and evaluate it yet again.
Your presentation really reinforced for me how crucial it is to be able to look at each child as an individual (no matter what problematic behaviors he or she displays). It sounds to me that our case study students act out in very similar ways. Though I am thrilled that your student has made progress because of the plan you and your team have developed, I know that the same plan would not work for my student — although his behavior looks similar, his stimuli is totally different.
Comment by Alex Earl— April 26, 2010 #