Editorial: Teachers need training to help kids with disabilities
June 15th, 2009Board let Wendy Portillo keep tenure after allowing students to ‘vote out’ child with Asperger’s
Editorial writers at the Palm Beach [FL] Post say it was a mistake for the Port St. Lucie school district to allow Wendy Portillo to return to the classroom.
Portilllo led her kindergarten students in voting 5-year-old Alex Barton out of her classroom. Alex has Asperger’s syndrome. After a suspension, the school board has voted to let Portillo keep her professional contract and tenure, and to allow her to return to work this fall.
The editors say the district must provide teachers with training and support to help them understand and accommodate the needs of children with challenging behaviors.
See also:
- School board reinstates teacher who let class ‘vote out’ student — South Florida Sun-Sentinel
- ‘Wendy Portillo really does deserve a break’ — Anthony Westbury in TCpalm.com
- Teacher who let students vote autistic child out of class is reinstated — WPBF-TV, West Palm Beach
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