Teachers

I would honestly say DJ had the best teachers and aides. Throughout all his schooling I think it was only one teacher that was my favorite. Dj just started school (3) and we had just moved this one teacher refused to call him DJ and said that’s not his name and only called him by his real name. She said, “ he needs to know his name”. I said, “it’s his dads name and no one in the house calls him that”. And I didn’t agree totally with how things were going. And was glad it was over. His other teachers/aides from the four year old program till now are nothing sort of amazing. ( no one really calls him by his real name)

I thought about going into the field at one point and I realized that I can deal with my child. And not everyone is like DJ, so I had to reevaluate my goals. The patience these teachers and aides have, is something that needs to be commended.

I remember we moved to a different district and they ended up putting him back. I cried, I didn’t know my rights and after the fact someone said no the iep should be tailored to him. His old teacher was really mad because she said he knew the info and she didn’t understand why they did that. But in the mist of all of that he got into a amazing program where the teaching staff was right for him.

To me the teaching staff are his other family, ( I still keep in touch with most of the teaching staff he has had) they spend so much time with him, they are able to push him to limits that I never knew he could do. His kindergarten aide which was a male actually helped him to potty train. I remember him because he had a disability too.

It’s so important to be involved in your child’s education, the teachers( in my case) had my back, and if it’s not a good fit you have to say something. If your child isn’t getting what they are suppose to from their iep, due to the district not being able to provide, the district has to send you somewhere else. Your child deserves the best education.