Reflective Essay: Inclusive Communication In The Classroom

The education teacher, Christine, tried to provide the appropriate education, along with high expectations for learning, but that was not always effective due to no support. She advocated for Katy and her family, but was unsuccessful in that she could not meet the needs of all the children, when two had special needs. Katy’s parents were immense advocates in making sure her needs were met. Katy’s parents knew that she would fit into an inclusive classroom, with an aide; they continued to fight for that respect. Christine respected the Alvarez’s, but was in a hard spot to decide how to advocate for the child, without causing too much controversy within the school system. Katy’s parents were committed to making sure that Katy was getting …show more content…
When this team was on their best level of trust, they followed seven principles of partnership, but that only lasted when they were in a room talking. Once Janet was out of the room with Mrs. Alvarez and others, she did not follow any of the IEP and did not respect anyone that came across her path. At their best level, they had around one or two principles of partnerships, but not everyone was following these. Mrs. Alvarez continued to fight for the best interest of Katy, as well as Christine, but Janet did not. Christine was frustrated and then broke confidentiality when doing so. Therefore, overall this situation was a much-mistrusted …show more content…
If you cannot respect a child’s needs, then you are setting up the teachers, children, parents, etc. for failure. If you are not communicating effectively in what needs to be fixed, then the child is who continues to struggle, which in return causes frustration in several people. Some common barriers in effective teamwork is the shortage of staff members, personalities, time, and experience. If you do not have enough of these principles, then you cannot communicate effectively because so many things are affecting the