Parent Interview Assignment Analysis

I felt many ways during my parent interview assignment. The parent that I had interviewed had many struggles with her school district. I felt as if there were a lot of communication issues between the parent and the school. I felt that this communication could have been cleared up if they were to work and understand each other perspectives. The mother is so focused on getting her child off an IEP, that I don’t feel she is listening to the intervention the school is trying to give her son. I feel that she wanted intervention and recourses but not the ones that the school is offering. In my opinion, the only one suffering is the child. The communication gap confuses me, as it is the most important part of a child’s growth, academically. This gap needs to be closed and they all need to work together to overcome the challenges that they have been faced with. I also felt angry that it took her child until he was in the fifth grade to have a diagnosis. I couldn’t imagine the struggle that they felt over the years. I felt confused because her son was struggling in school for so many years, and nothing was being done. I also felt angry that the child is in fifth grade and the parents and the school still cannot be on the

This poor child did not have a diagnosis until recently. I wondered how in 2017 we cannot diagnose a child who is obviously struggling in school and at home. As a future educator, I hope that I can work with my parents in a way that would prevent these feelings. I want my parents and me to be on the same page and want the same goals for the students. The parent obviously feels abandoned, confused, and desperate. I felt this for her. I would assume that the teachers and school district also feel the same loss and predicament. They all need to come together to an agreement for the child to succeed the way he needs to. I believe they are all putting in their best effort but it is not being channeled in a positive