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[Lutherman2112]

My Bachelor's is in Exceptional Student Education and Master's in Ed Leadership. I'm currently teaching 7th grade ESE but have spent a lot of time working with ASD and EBD students. Autism and EBD units can be tough but rewarding at the same time. I haven't really kept up with this thread, but maybe try and observe those units if you haven't already. Good luck with everything, and I'm here if you have any questions too.




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Thanks. I'm leaning E/BD. Most of the work I do is in Out of School Environment (OSE). Basically, I work with students that are about to be expelled. I'm assigned to a student for 45 calendar days and provide education services M-F up to 12 hours a week. Almost all of my students are in middle school, male, and have an IEP; mostly for E/BD. It dawned on me that I work very well with these students when I had to start turning down principals' request for services in April. There just weren't enough hours in the day as my schedule was full.

I have found the work highly rewarding, but emotionally draining at times. I had a student between March and May of 2016. The day before election day, I received a call from the director of attendance and home services (oversees OSE program) asking if I could work with this student again, and I accepted. He then asked if I could start the next day even though schools were closed for the election (if schools are closed, I don't work). This student's parents were busted for the manufacture of meth. His grandmother took in this student's two younger siblings but said she couldn't handle him. He was placed in the local foster shelter.

I had worked for the organization that hosts the shelter a few years prior, so getting in to see the student wasn't a problem. I made the arrangements to meet him at 9:00 am. We were directed to a meeting room, and as soon he was separated from the others in the shelter tears started streaming down his face. I was the first familiar face that he had seen in 36 hours. Tears turned into uncontrollable bawling, muttering over and over "why doesn't anyone want me?" That was tough for me. I reported 1 hour of service provided but stayed at the shelter through lunch. GOOD NEWS: Student was placed with a foster family that is tangentially related to the student's family one week before Christmas break. I attended a follow-up meeting for his foster placement in February and he was doing well. His younger brother and sister might join the foster family this summer.

Thanks, again. This was cathartic and I think I am closer to a decision.

 

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Thanks. I'm leaning E/BD. Most of the work I do is in Out of School Environment (OSE). Basically, I work with students that are about to be expelled. I'm assigned to a student for 45 calendar days and provide education services M-F up to 12 hours a week. Almost all of my students are in middle school, male, and have an IEP; mostly for E/BD. It dawned on me that I work very well with these students when I had to start turning down principals' request for services in April. There just weren't enough hours in the day as my schedule was full.

I have found the work highly rewarding, but emotionally draining at times. I had a student between March and May of 2016. The day before election day, I received a call from the director of attendance and home services (oversees OSE program) asking if I could work with this student again, and I accepted. He then asked if I could start the next day even though schools were closed for the election (if schools are closed, I don't work). This student's parents were busted for the manufacture of meth. His grandmother took in this student's two younger siblings but said she couldn't handle him. He was placed in the local foster shelter.

I had worked for the organization that hosts the shelter a few years prior, so getting in to see the student wasn't a problem. I made the arrangements to meet him at 9:00 am. We were directed to a meeting room, and as soon he was separated from the others in the shelter tears started streaming down his face. I was the first familiar face that he had seen in 36 hours. Tears turned into uncontrollable bawling, muttering over and over "why doesn't anyone want me?" That was tough for me. I reported 1 hour of service provided but stayed at the shelter through lunch. GOOD NEWS: Student was placed with a foster family that is tangentially related to the student's family one week before Christmas break. I attended a follow-up meeting for his foster placement in February and he was doing well. His younger brother and sister might join the foster family this summer.

Thanks, again. This was cathartic and I think I am closer to a decision.

God, that's heartbreaking to read. Glad you were there for him. You're a good dude.

 

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