The Resource Room

Great idea but does not play out well. In theory a resource room sounds great but in reality it kind of sucks. There is a bunch of people who all have different needs and all need help, everybody who has something wrong is sent up their. Because i have ADD i need a quite room which never really happens, their is too many distractions in the room. Their is usually only one teacher in the room and at times up to 25 students in the room. In my school are resource room has turned into a testing room with means their is usually very little room for kids who actually need to be in the room. I go to a school with over 1400 students and i believe we need to have more than one resource room. Their should be a separate testing room for students how do not have an IEP. I resource room for students with mild to moderate learning disabilities, i.e. ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, and kids low on the autism spectrum. Their should be a final room for students with severe disabilities, for the reason that these students can be distracting because they are very vocal and they usually need more one on one help. The resource room is for work to be done in a quiet environment, with little distractions. Students are sent up the resource room when they cannot focus in class, but the resource room has too may distractions and too many students. Schools NEED to have more qualified teachers to help students with learning disabilities to ensure that the resource room can serve its purpose. Their needs to be more computers available for students todo their work to ensure that students can get their work done on time.