I’ll start off saying there’s absolutely a time and place to push compliance: safety issues, kindness, best effort for academics/ life skills, ect. That being said there are some issues people force where there’s absolutely a solution that dosnt result in power struggles or melt downs.
I’m a para in a resource room with a lot of kids with asd that are on the line between most of the day in general ed with supports and needing a self contained classroom. This year I have a mostly nonverbal kindergartner who really likes to lay on their belly on the floor. They can sit in their expected spot for about 10 minutes and then if their on the carpet they’ll
I work at a title one school in a rural-ish district ,we start back up in a week, and from the end of the school year to yesterday my school has had 5 of 10 teaching positions and 4 of 10 paraprofessional positions cut. There’s a plan in place but needless to say this next year is gonna be rough. (I’m staying I work in SPED and like my co-teacher and trust my principle which seems rare and worth holding onto for now)
I know the department of education has cut/ frozen a significant chunk of title 1 funds and we had a number of para positions explicitly funded by title 1 grants. I also know in 1 of the grades enrollment is significantly down. I get losing a position or two, but half our staff