Pre K Special Needs

As a Pre-K, special needs teacher I am aware of the struggles associated with inclusion of all children within a mainstream classroom. As the aunt of a sixteen-year-old nephew with autism I am also aware of the struggles that my sister and brother-in-law have encountered on their quest to give my nephew the best life possible. Inclusion of all students within the classroom has all too often become a struggle for the parents, teachers and unfortunately the student with special needs. I am in my seventh year of teaching and my second year of teaching Pre-K special needs and I have found that each year I am faced with issues and concerns that effect my classroom and students. The last two years have been my toughest challenges as well as my most rewarding years in teaching. Concerns that I
This year we have a set of twin girls born at twenty-six weeks and developmentally on a one year old level. One is still crawling and the other has just learned to walk along with being non-verbal and have sensory issues their educational goals now are geared towards social and emotional. Both girls started after our Christmas break and they are still getting settled into a daily routine of school. Some of my concerns with this year are how to incorporate them into the daily routine with my students and how to keep them from getting hurt inside of a classroom of very active four and five-year-old children while still maintaining a schedule and learning environment for all students. I work with an aide in the classroom as well as an Assistant teacher who actively participate in decision making and classroom instruction. Because this is a Pre-K classroom the students are only pulled