Comments on: The snail wins the race…with RSP http://tweenteacher.com/2008/10/01/the-snail-wins-the-racewith-rsp/ Heather Wolpert-Gawron Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:37:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Albert http://tweenteacher.com/2008/10/01/the-snail-wins-the-racewith-rsp/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 Mike Albert Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:22:50 +0000 http://tweenteacher.com/?p=149#comment-1005 Your student needed extra help because he struggled with writing due to learning disabilities, and he probably struggles with reading as well. So now he is getting special attention with the goal of giving him special help in English/Language Arts. Although it took a while, at least the system worked the way it was supposed to. What is sad to me is if that child were in our school's RSP program for English/Language Arts, he would also be placed in my history class with 11 other RSP students, 10 second language learners, and 15 other struggling students without any support whatsoever from an RSP teacher. If a student with disabilities struggles in reading and writing in language arts, what makes anyone think that he/she will be more successful reading and writing in history/social studies or in science? It doesn't make sense to me. Your student needed extra help because he struggled with writing due to learning disabilities, and he probably struggles with reading as well. So now he is getting special attention with the goal of giving him special help in English/Language Arts. Although it took a while, at least the system worked the way it was supposed to.

What is sad to me is if that child were in our school’s RSP program for English/Language Arts, he would also be placed in my history class with 11 other RSP students, 10 second language learners, and 15 other struggling students without any support whatsoever from an RSP teacher. If a student with disabilities struggles in reading and writing in language arts, what makes anyone think that he/she will be more successful reading and writing in history/social studies or in science? It doesn’t make sense to me.

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