3:33 p.m.
We just got back from APBS (Chicago as always was cold and dreary this time of the year-
but the Pizza was good!)- Virginia was great at stepping in and doing almost half of a
presentation I put together- and only briefly looked at! And Dr. Sanchez’s presentation
skills are way better than mine! I am going to have to play catch up- thanks to you both
for letting me ride your coattails…
Also- I have been inserting a couple of slides in presentations similar to this in
PD/presentations- hoping to prompt greater discussion about the interaction between MTSS
and sped- inspired a bit by Garry Hornby from the UK’s views on “Inclusive Special
Education”- see attached. I think it was Hill Walker who said special education is on
“life support”- maybe for some time now- and Doug Fuchs has commented on the “Devolution
of MTSS”- Attached are a couple related also that illustrate the devolution- some from
unlikely sources…and as Mike Nelson said a while back-many of us are hoping to get the
“farmers and the ranchers to talk to one another” about a renewal of both.
For this particular group- one big question is how do we think about CLD/EL learners with
disabilities in this? That is something we have to keep wrestling with…or the part of the
country where I come from ”wrasslin.”
Mack
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