Thursday

I sat in on an SST meeting. I’d never sat in on one and did not realize that the entire grade sat in on one student’s meeting. In looking through the entire SST manual, I was completely and totally lost. After sitting in on the meeting yesterday, I felt much better about understanding some of the manual. For Dr. Ponder’s class, we have to find a student and do an informal SST type assessment. We had a meeting about the student I am going to observe and I found out a lot about what I need to look for, what I need to do, and possibly how to handle it. I really want to be a special education teacher and this helped me tremendously. I’m learning what to look for, not just a possible sign of something being wrong. This SST meeting really opened my eyes for what teachers actually do to help a child with special needs.