Dr. Umar Johnson Believes The IEP/ Special Education Program Makes Our Children Mediocre Pt.10

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[@aliyahaliyahkent6204]

Thanks to Dr. Umar I pulled my son out of school once they tried to give him an IEP. He warned me I listened, and now my son is a straight A student on his way to Rome for the summer to continue his studies in Latin. This is a child they deemed special needs, don't listen to them parents. Listen to Dr. Umar!!

[@Casso510]

I was also a child who had an IEP from Elementary School to High school and I can tell you that what Umar said in 10:10 is pure FACTS. When kids caught wind of me being in special ed and having an IEP in elementary school, I got bullied relentlessly inside and outside of class. Even to the point of being physically harmed by other kids because of it. It definitely affected my self esteem. After I moved to a new city and started high school in a different area, I always kept my IEP under wraps in fear of facing that same treatment again. Luckily, nobody found out but it still doesn't take back all the mental/emotional damage I have from my younger years in school. Unless your child has a SEVERE mental/learning disability, I wouldn't recommend pursuing an IEP for them.

[@gogurletc8170]

Thanks for sharing!

[@marykaymakeuptutorialwitha2484]

Thank you so much

[@anthonygonzalez9590]

Facts,went through the same thing.

[@ericadelnigro]

What do you recommend as a solution. Do I try to address any sort of learning disability on my own as the parent? I would love to do that but am hitting roadblocks when I see how expensive tutoring is, especially tutoring that helps with dyslexia. I am currently looking into free programs and private institutions that have scholarships. My child is 10 and struggles with reading and more complicated math because of what seems like seeing g numbers and letters backwards or in the wrong order. Also looking into possible health issues like heavy metals or low minerals that could be healed and might contribute it to learning disabilities. I’d love any suggestions. I’m thinking a year of home schooling with a focus on learning to learn with a potential learning disability.

[@youtubetimecapsul7491]

@@ericadelnigro Just get a 504 plan. They're easy to sign up for in comparison to an IEP. It has none of the red tape or bureaucracy that is associated with IEP's. Meetings aren't necessary. 504 plans give you extra time on assignments as well as extra time on tests. A 504 also allows the child to audio record lessons. What is great about 504's is that it is on an as needed basis. All the student has to do is notify the teacher ahead of time. lastly, 504's allows the child to be mainstreamed.

[@israelgomez695]

From a person who was in the special education system my entire life this hurt. It hit right on the nail all the points. I suffered from bullying, doubting myself my entire life. I fought out of special Ed just to be in a normal class. I would ask why am I different what is wrong with me -why am I less? I’m 29 years old I passed with a regular diploma no special education classes at all. Anything is possible if you believe. Push yourself. You can get out and be what you want to be

[@jesuslovesyou916]

I am proud of your accomplishments. You are above and not beneath.

[@TheJarrodsworld]

As a former special ed student. When you attend these classes you feel that you learn nothing.

[@travisprice57]

for real but i ended up going to college for free because of it

[@EB-ok3io]

@@travisprice57 How?

[@AfricanGirl]

@@travisprice57 really. how please tell me

[@sidneyvallon7677]

To be honest I feel like special ed classes held me back a bit

[@michaeldunn8972]

They sent me to SPED 2 - 8th Grade over Fighting a kid for a ball on the playground, tapping my pencil, leaning back in my chair. It fucked up part of my life they are literally farming kids for federal grant money if the demand for retards out stresses the supply they'll make them some retarded kids.

[@ERMARTIN2011]

As a parent of two kids with I.E.Ps. I'm super grateful to the elementary school Pre-K teacher. A year apart she notice my son's speech was like his sister and was like okay we need to put them in speech asap. My son is autistic by time we got an official diagnosis. He was already good and receiving all the services he needed. My daughter has dyslexia that affected her school she has been getting services too. She was so happy she got the top score in her Class the first time with no help. Because the tools from those service. Now there are alot abuse of the special education services. OAN I would love to see Dr. Johnson and Mr. Julius Malema have a conversation.

[@laurenchen30]

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[@lightbodyful]

I don’t think he was addressing with real disability like autism/ spectrum or those with intellectual disability example Down syndrome. I think he was referring to those classified with learning disability or emotional disability

[@chakalangevinecasey9549]

Aaaah I enjoyed this piece but as a Special Education teacher I go hard every day for my students. Will try to be brief. I have that conversation with them right up front. You learn at your own pace, let those around you respect it. I may get a concept immediately, sometime today, next week or never. That is okay we will keep it pushing. It takes the first good month of them knowing that I will not settle with them not doing work. Once the confidence is there ohhhh you should see what they do. I have had my IEP babies as I love to call them return to school to say hi and thank you and tell me how well they are progressing in Math n ELA. Enough off to college, some went on to work. I can share so may good stories. When in place and it is a team effort and you let that student know that it is not the answer it is a support. Lisssten.

[@jusliving7977]

I'm black & came from a single parent household. I had horrible Grammer school teachers who were evil racist. I only had one Grammer school teacher that was kind to me and cared about me. Yes they tried to put me in special Ed. But my mom was a pit bull and fought for me. She did HW and studied w/me every night. It resulted in me never getting held back, graduating on time at every rung of my education and earning a College degree. If your parents invest in you and don't rely on the system you can overcome a lot. Dr.Johnson needs to also save some of that smoke for the parents.

[@cheekscheeks5840]

Absolutely the parents are a key part in the success of their children

[@sadeharper4303]

Exactly!!!!

[@exoticearthchild8438]

As someone who had an iep from 2nd grade till junior year I can definitely say being pulled out of my classes held me back so much i missed out on a lot that my peers were allowed to stay in class and learn. Having an iep made me hate school from having more work than the non special education students to the bullying when other students found out I had one. An iep is just another way to get mentally scared from school

[@edYeaYea70]

Y’all need to put out the whole interview… this brother is dropping knowledge ♥️🖤💚✊🏽

[@INEVERKNEWTV]

Bless. Next week!

[@edYeaYea70]

Blessing. And continue your noble work on this channel. May the ancestors guide us to a better path to raise our youth ♥️💚🖤

[@muchlovegambine949]

No tf he ain’t 😹😹😹

[@dracotheruler855]

Please… and thank you 🙏

[@courtneylawrence3481]

Totally agree. This one is great.

[@jhova187]

I’m a Latino that grew up in the BX this is accurate but while I worked for SSI I saw some parents milking this too. They would want their kids to fall in these categories so they can get a monthly check.

[@latanyabrown1979]

This! I scrolled looking for someone to shed light on the SSI connection.

[@Yardi85]

He's not lying at all. I'm honestly thinking hard hard about strictly homeschooling my son because I feel the IEP in Florida is a complete joke.

[@Mrs-Tif]

We are thinking about putting my daughter in therapy full time for behavior until she learns skills to participate in school and learn. The school does nothing for her behavior and I feel so bad for her that she doesn’t know what other kids her age know. It took us 3 years to get a diagnosis of autism and finally get approved for outside help. I don’t like the AZ IEP either

[@JJJJ-he8bz]

I was on special Ed from first grade until 12th grade. Didn’t have to take the graduation test I remember my teacher telling me in her office that I would fail I’ll never forget it as long as I live. The thing about all this shit is that In the real world you don’t get any accommodations you can either do the job or your fired. Even as a broken 18 year old I knew that so I ripped up all my IEP a threw them away. Even graduation from college didn’t heal those wounds. I remember being so empty because just didn’t care anymore because of what it took to earn my bachelors. It took me 7 years and I had to work so freaking hard to make up for everything. 5 of that 7 years was spent struggling at community college before finally getting my associates. Once I got into a 4 year school I was ready to roll and finished the last 2 years and got my bachelors. But the entire situation was so depressing and exhausting.

[@mikmikmiik]

This is true,my mom had custody of my cousins children and they all had IEPs but none were in special education classes.Almost all foster care children have IEPs.

[@kovarcoley8418]

I volunteered in foster care for a couple years and most of the kids could barely read. They weren't stupid they just never had parents who cared enough to teach them

[@Andlifeslikethis]

Once kids get in foster care they are being used and abused from day 1, foster parents keep them medicated and IEP’d for a nice fat check. A lot of foster kids are placed unjustly and the case workers are too lazy to find suitable extended family so they rather line the agencies pockets with fundings from the FEDs, this is all a legal form of human trafficking. More children are abused and die in foster care then with actual family. I don’t deny abuse and neglect kid’s experience in the home but foster care has a bad track record of losing kids and them dying in care.

[@jcrespo0510]

I'm Puerto Rican, and I vote republican but I am listening to Dr. Umar Johnson he has opened my eyes more and more every day he real. I wish we had someone like him on our side, and I wish blacks like Candace Owen and black liberals would stand by him. I pray for this man

[@Christie-EnergyHealing]

Republican or Democrat is the same crap at the end. The elits want control of society and they want us all repressed. It doesn't matter of your republican or Democrat.

[@HottaFyah94]

I’m a school psychologist. I have mixed feelings about this. He’s absolutely right that the school receives more money for special Ed kids. The majority of the referrals come from parents themselves. It’s not mostly teachers pushing for it, the parents always want their kids to be tested especially after report card time. I’ve also seen special Ed services help kids progress and then we declassify the child. There’s also a rift between teachers and admin. Teachers are forced to stick to a curriculum just so these kids can pass assessments. High results make the school look good. It’s way deeper than special ed. I try my best not to classify kids but parents push for it the most. In comparison to white wealthy schools, they love for all their kids to have an IEP. It’s always like why isn’t my kid getting more services? It comes down more to how special Ed services are being implemented. Black schools need to redefine and remodel what special education should be.

[@d.kelleylockett8149]

The referral comes from us parents because it’s pushed on us that it’s THE solution. You want to get your child the help he/she needs, but you don’t realize you’re placing a ceiling on your child with these labels. Dr. UJ is providing full transparency.

[@kharynj6629]

Another issue is the IEP opens the door for SSI. In my (admittedly limited) experience as a teacher this was a recurring factor. Parents repeatedly pushed for an IEP to get documentation for SSI applications. I rarely saw teachers initiate this process and I personally worked extra with kids to prevent this. But the parents already had a plan.

[@HottaFyah94]

@@d.kelleylockett8149 not disagreeing with you just speaking from my experience. Most parents tell other parents about special Ed services. First time I heard about an iep was a few years ago. Parents are more informed than ever about special Ed. I usually tell parents not to go forward with. But then I’m opposed by parents as not wanting their child to get help.

[@HottaFyah94]

@@kharynj6629 yup I’m seeing this occurring more as well. When parents have their mind set it’s very hard to to speak to them about other routes.

[@TheCapn23]

@@d.kelleylockett8149 Umar is a grifter and shouldn't be taken seriously.

[@CC-xi5mz]

I’ve been in school leadership for 30 years. Not once was I directed to push more kids into special Ed due to additional funding. For the last several years, response to intervention has been the mechanism for determining whether or not a child needs special Ed services.

[@tanjawillkins3690]

Intervention ??? You mean the lack of being able to discipline 30 children, so educators would rather students being medicated and docile. Hhjmmm

[@shortydoowop2522]

As a kid in Public School i was once too in special ed.He's speaking real fact's about special education

[@NoirAngel510]

My child has a physical disability which is why she has an IEP. She isn't in any special Education classes though. She is in the 9th grade and goes to the same classes as other students with no disabilities.

[@calandraross6319]

She should have a 504 Plan, not an IEP...

[@christinawatson202]

I'm usually on the fence about Dr. Umar but this message right here is so accurate. I knew there was a political issue around special Ed but I didn't know the depths of it. It's so sad that this is some children's reality. We need to educate the parents more.

[@angelhenderson5140]

Reality people don’t always have the best interest of others but I know of some parents that advocate for their children to have services…

[@Ttk1023]

Parents are given so much power when it comes to special education law. Many parents don't read the rules/ regulations manual. There are advocates to assist them, many for free. Many parents don't want the kids to get services, or get help outside of school, but want a check.

[@ld7king720]

I had a IEP and I didn't go to jail . I got a master's degree.

[@angelharlemtay6535]

My son was in IEP charter school. He graduated & went to college as well. Blessings to you 🙏🏽

[@navytanutrof1823]

Some people went to jail, come out and became lawyers. How often does that happen? DON'T USE YOURSELF AS AN EXAMPLE.

[@BrooklynWalka]

Schools cannot be the answer to all social ills. It takes schools AND social programs to help get kids through. Schools alone is not the solution.

[@thomikawest281]

A blessing ❤

[@alexa42490]

I had an IEP in was in resource classes. I’m 32 years old now & graduated with an Associate’s & Bachelor’s degree. Now more than ever SPED is an enabling crutch for students to make excuses for themselves.

[@SovietRosco]

IEP stands for individual education plan. The students in the IEP class are independent thinkers who have been placed In a program because of that. Neuro typical people assume that makes them inferior when I reality the Nuero divergent students is light years more intelligent but due to whatever his condition is Autism, Savant Syndorme, PTSD makes him unfit to be in a regular schooling program. I’m a Harvard PhD student and I started in IEP classes for basically my whole life. Nuero divergents go to IEP classes. There not stupid just different.

[@domarq]

You're too defensive without grasping the ACTUAL SCAM. No one is discounting the intention of IEPs and the students it helps. But for those of us (ie; myself) who endured public, charter and private schools (since 1999).....we know the IEP/SPED scams in majority Black/Latino schools. Many families need EBT cards, or Section 8 housing. My immediate family greatly benefitted from both programs. HOWEVER, this doesn't mean the aforementioned programs haven't been exploited by millions of families, for DECADES. The same scenario applies to SPED/IEPs.

[@mskim9890]

Could explain neuro divergent a bit more...

[@SovietRosco]

@@mskim9890 neuro divergents are normally severely autistic individuals that think completely outside the box. There brain can not be confined enough to follow a schooling routine. That’s why a lot of us are independent researchers

[@dreadpirate3159]

@@SovietRosco U just gave some of us hope not doing so well in high school. BTW if u would like to state ur Phd dont hesitate I have some interest in postgrad studies

[@SovietRosco]

@@dreadpirate3159 I’m a PhD/DBA student at the Salata institute for climate and sustainability. My dissertation is on using artificial intelligence to lower world wide oil consumption

[@HeathNotKeith316]

31yr white male. Let me tell you just how bad my IEP messed me up threw my late middle school to highschool years, until i got off it when i turned 18. I legitly when threw hell. So here is my IEP storry in short form. Always hated school growing up exactly going to middle and highschool. So i dyslexia and ADHD. I really sucked at spelling and reading of bigger words and certain types of math, at that age of my life. Still deal with it just not nearly as bad as when I was young. You know i basically a normal good in every way, i wasn't slow or anything. I was just treated alot different from the other kids which always bothered me. I certainly needed the IEP help when i was young kid wont deny that. Just when i got older, is when it started to really mentally bother me alot. I hated having a para follow me around to almost all my classes. Its embarrassing when your 15 16 years old. Like i side i was just as normal as all the other kids definitely made me get anxity snd depression and low self esteem. I still battle with all that to this day. My parents got divorced my jr year, which turn my life upside down at 16 years old. Started skipping school just hated life was mad confused. Its tough on a teen. So good ol truancy got me after so long. FYI, this is when the story gets wild. So now both the school and the county court are involved. At the time all i wanted to do was online schooling, it had started getting popular around 2009/10. I also had known people that had ended up doing that in highschool. Thats when my family found out its not possible for me to do that because of my IEP. So my mom and dad told them to tske me off it because we thought that wasn't really fair. They said nope we cant tske him off his IEP . Wtf ? Finally my mom got upset and told them she was letting and allowing me to drop out of highschool. Not possible they said. Basically having an IEP took many of my human and American rights away from me and my family. Supposedly im just not normal and too different. Thats what we got from that meeting. I had court in a few days and my life got even crazier after that day. At court the judge straight up treated me like a bad criminal like a had broke such a big law being on truency and haveing an IEP. I was that At all. I never been in any trouble with the law before. i was 17 at this time. But what crime i supposedly commented was so bad that the judge put me on house arrest for over 5 dang months, still having to go school everday with this around ankle. Now my anxiety and self asteem are even worse. Got the whole school thinking i did something really bad to be on house arrest. My school was a very preppy rich kids school. My family didn't have all to much after my dad lost his business and parents got divorced,.money was very tight. Having to pay over 70 dollars a day while on house arrest didn't help out at all. This is the last bit of my wounderful IEP experience . On my 5th month of house arrest. I just couldn't take the stress thr embarrassment all the anxiety, i finally just shut down and got very depressed. Took only 2 days of skipping school for the cops to come pick me up from my house and tske me back to the evil judge. I tried explaining to her that i was just sad and depressed and didn't want to go back anymore. Even had a psychiatrist note saying having me on house arrest and sending me to juvenile detention was not the right way to handle this situation.i said this crying as my mom and dad sat behind in the court room. You know what this old hag of a judge told me . "Who cares your depressed, you think your the only one who is depressed! " Your just lazy and like disobeying court orders". Then out of no where she tells me. " You will be 24/25 with 3 baby from 3 different women and will be a dead beat dad"! I was beyond confused and sad. So after she disowned me like a was a horrible person. She sent me to juvie for 2 weeks untill i turned 18 at 300 dollars a day my parents had to pay yep fun fun. Still deal with thoughts.from back then. Messed me up for a good few years emotionally. Almost 32 now haven't been to jail since then. i have one 8yr daughter. not 3 or 4 with different chicks like that judge told me lol that's my IEP hell i went threw.

[@youtubetimecapsul7491]

By any chance did your parents submit in writing that they wanted to revoke your IEP services? Because I thought parents since 2008 were able withdraw IEP services without the IEP team’s approval.

[@manysecurity]

I’m going into my first year of teaching, and from the outside looking in this has always bothered me. So validating to hear the explanation behind it, and makes me feel like a have some solid grounds to push back against what I’ve seen in my school. Thank you!!

[@KingSimonsayswin]

I know so many ppl who failing life today from special Ed.

[@mrsuns10]

I also know people failing at life who were not in special Ed

[@janathurmond9390]

💣 dropped.. smh.. my son going through this now. They (teachers, counselor) hate to see me coming. But I must keep Fighting ✊🏾❤️🙏🏾

[@monkeymann684]

Amen ! I’ve been fighting for my son for 10 yrs now. every day is a struggle with them

[@d.n.8919]

I’m a teacher. We basically can’t recommend a kid get an IEP without going through an arduous process because if we bring it up the school has to pay for the testing. Parent has to bring it up.

[@RJS614]

You can have an IEP for behavior and no learning disability. I’m a sped teacher who works with behavioral students and most of my students don’t have a learning disability. From my experience, the parents enable the behavior. They constantly make excuses for their child’s behavior, so the behavior doesn’t improve.

[@BrooklynWalka]

Indeed. I just had a parent of a child with an IEP argue me down and try to get me in trouble with admin because I told her her son was using chapt gpt.. she accused me of saying her son was "dumb". smh!

[@nicolea.7501]

The kids learn their behavior problems from the parents behavior problems.The parents don't know how to use functional behaviors, and the kids model what is learned at home.

[@SeminoleSpaceForce]

In our county we have a lot of kids with behavioral issues that are either ADHD or on the spectrum but the school system refuses to get them tested. Because they know that if they get them tested they're responsible for providing reasonable support which would mean they would have to provide one on one aides or pay for behavioral therapy. Both are expensive and that rather give themselves raises than spend the money educating our children.

[@nicolea.7501]

@@SeminoleSpaceForce Black kids are overrepresented in special education, especially in behavioral and emotional categories. 60% of Black kids have at least one trauma (adverse childhood experience) in their background from their home and community life and that trauma response can look like ADHD. ADHD and Autism are in the DSM. These kids have medical diagnosis, the parent can take that to the school and the school system has an obligation to test. Most of the behavior problems our kids bring are because the parents don't know how to raise kids, don't care to raise them or do have time to do the work of parenting.

[@BrooklynWalka]

@@SeminoleSpaceForce the school system or the government? Schools don't have much power unless they are private.. they are beholden to the funding. The issue is larger than the school it all goes back to racism, white supremacy, and capitalism. If you want the schools to change we have to use politics to do so. Also plenty of kids are tested and put on meds and then they either dont take them or their parents dont have the time to invest in taking care of the childs mental health outside of school. SChools cannot be a fix it all for all of our social ills.

[@Radiantsunshine2025]

I am a person who had an IEP. I had an IEP for talented and gifted though. And because of that, my educational program had to be modified. I got pulled for gifted classes once a week where we learned chess (strategy), worked on logic problems and puzzles, learned thematic units and went on field trips out of state and around the city often. I think this conversation misses the mark from this perspective. My IEP focused on leadership. Gifted IEPs can focus on goals such as increasing creativity, leadership, intellectual, academic, and artistic. The larger conversation should be how do we determine what “reading on grade level” means. The end of year tests are highly flawed and further a harmful narrative.

[@monkeymann684]

My autistic son is in the same program that you speak of😏

[@Honestly_Sisi]

Good point!

[@angelhenderson5140]

I think Dr. Umar missed the mark tremendously and speaking from a misguided place. He shouldn’t tell parent that iep and special education encourages mediocrity, he should teach parents how to negotiate for services and clauses that’s tailored to their children needs. Yes schools don’t always have students best interest but parents have a great influence in their children learning too and need to take on an informed role on how to advocate for programs and services within the student wheelhouse

[@Radiantsunshine2025]

@@monkeymann684 I might be on somebody’s spectrum for something, but i have never been made to feel slow or dumb or less than. Quite the opposite! I’m 37 and start a job on the leadership team at Harvard this week and I know my foundation from when I was a child played a part in this. I hope your son feels all the love and positive affirmation for his gifts that undoubtedly take him very far!

[@Radiantsunshine2025]

@@shpresaahmeticunytc5281 I am from Memphis- dang near the whole city is high poverty for Black people and I was a school leader there so I know the full picture beyond my own experiences. The point of my post was to point out that he paints a very narrow and unhelpful point of view. Umar always misses the mark for me though. He says half truths and sometimes outright lies on these platforms and they often go unchallenged. Is SPED problematic and not helpful for many Black children? Yes! It also can and should be used to advocate for the children whose brilliance needs to be cultivated because it literally can change the trajectory of their lives. Also, parents have a huge impact on how things go for their kids. Beyond IEP meetings, what happens in the home and the effect of the peer group is extremely important.

[@christinayeargin7298]

Absolutely nailed it. I've seen this happen and now I homeschool my kids.

[@WO2411]

I seen the IEP destroy so many kids i graduated with from Elementary school and High School and I was almost one of them. I just thank god I had that masculine energy as a kid to make it through and think for myself 💯

[@Kemar101receipes]

Wat is masculine energy for a child? Every child starts off thinking for self. But gets pro gram as they GROW ESPECIALLY IN THE SO CALL PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEM

[@sebastienc.2257]

It’s up to parents IEPs can be great or they can be destructive. I’m a teacher and had a parent threaten me with investigation because I wanted to move their student to a less restrictive setting where the student will be challenged more and possibly move up to general education.

[@WO2411]

@@Kemar101receipes A child that didn’t have a father, mom was young always at work, disrespected by teach by still had sense to make the right decisions and not crash out that’s masculine energy

[@WO2411]

@@sebastienc.2257 there is no good with IEPs I know this from first hand experience it messes with the child mental to especially when their moved from a big class room to a small one

[@Kemar101receipes]

@@WO2411 HOW CAN A CHILD SUCCEED IF IT'S OWN MOTHER AND FATHER HAS FORSAKEN SHE/HIM. ? THE CRASH HAS ALL READY TAKEN PLACE IN THE INTERIOR REALM OF D CHILD

[@Stylez_1-h60]

Thanks Dr.Umar! Wish he would've played the whole interview however I'm grateful for the part he did share. It was definitely informative!

[@divinenergy3158]

So true! When my son was in 4th grade, his teacher told all parents to get an IEP for their children so that they can recieve more time on their state test. I immediately emailed her and informed her of what an IEP is and that a child has to be diagnosed as having a learning disability. My son was extremely gifted and recieved the highest score on all 3 test without a damn IEP. she responded, apologizing, claiming that she had no idea what an IEP was. The IEP remains on the child's school record!

[@Alexandriughhh]

You can get an IEP for gifted and talented which means your child would receive more advanced tutoring or lessons. It's not always a bad thing.

[@divinenergy3158]

@@AlexandriughhhMy experience wasn't the teacher requesting as you stated, "advanced tutoring or lessons", it was for more needed time during test which can only be given if the child is said to have a disability that interferes with his learning!

[@angeliquebacker8522]

Yeah, but most students who get an IEP have a diagnosed disability and need their accommodations.

[@divinenergy3158]

@@angeliquebacker8522 so what's your point?

[@angeliquebacker8522]

@@divinenergy3158 The point is that this whole topic/video is irrelevant considering that 90% of kids on IEPs actually need them. The 10% that get IEPs that supposedly don’t need them do not concern me. The question should be rather how can we help students with autism, adhd or mental illness do better in school? And the answer seems to be non traditional schooling methods, which could include an IEP, but doesn’t have to.

[@damix_animated8502]

Sped classes should be illegal unless the child is severely disabled. I had no choice, I didn’t give my FUCKING CONSENT TO BE PUT IN THOSE “CLASSES”. Isn’t consent supposed to be everything? Apparently NOT. I suffered for 15 years and I still continue to suffer because of this fucked up systemic segregation that is known as “helping the disableds!”

[@Darkdimension991-w3h]

they fucked up my life really really bad I was put in special education from the age of six years old until the age of 19 years old and I am almost 32 years old they don't give a fuck about disabled students nobody tells you that you can't go to college after special ed they told me since you were in special ed you can't get your GED I'm sorry but that's discrimination racist on my termthey told me that you didn't take enough classes that was 11 years ago I tried to apply again they said the same thing

[@Darkdimension991-w3h]

they fucked up my life really really bad I was put in special education from the age of six years old until the age of 19 years old and I am almost 32 years old they don't give a fuck about disabled students nobody tells you that you can't go to college after special ed they told me since you were in special ed you can't get your GED I'm sorry but that's discrimination racist on my termthey told me that you didn't take enough classes that was 11 years ago I tried to apply again they said the same thing

[@empresszolakhadijah9819]

You are a brilliant Leo, may the mighty spirit of the universe bless you and your entire family with unstoppable blessings, one ❤️

[@jjitanaingraham9613]

I live in the Bahamas, and you never lied. My son was diagnosed Autistic but he's brilliant. I have to put in work. I am about to mainstream him in private school. They wanted to give him riddlen and Concerta. I said no. He started talking, and with additional work, he is doing well.

[@theempress2435]

How old is your son?

[@latyriajohnson4118]

i agree with him to a certain extent. I had an IEP and it was very helpful for me. I graduated at the top of my class and have two degrees. Also in these IEP meetings the STUDENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AS WELL. The child has to have a say in their own education. I’m the only one that know what is difficult and what isn’t. And yes you definitely should tell your child about their disability early on so that they can learn their barriers and be able to work through it. I have a hard time with reading and writing. If I was told early on I would have done things differently. But once I learned about my disability I knew I had to do things differently for me. Like spending even more time on studying then others. My IEP TEAM don’t know what I’m struggling with unless I voice it. If i don’t then of course Ill fail. So of what he said is Ableist thinking

[@latoiamoore4423]

This depends on the family. The teachers and the team say yes..most definitely. But if the student is under 18 the parents can decide if the student us present. If the student is 18..they can decide if they want their parent there or not. - Toya Special Education Teacher

[@haannguyen4402]

For a long time my mom didn’t tell me I was autistic despite the fact that I was diagnosed at the tender age of four. I wish I’d been taught coping skills to deal with big feelings

[@shelbymartin502]

As an educator, I could not agree more. Wow!

[@brayanbaez-yf2lq]

I’m from Texas over there 7% of students have a iep I move to New York City and I’m getting told that my kid should get put in Iep class and then I found out most of these kids have a iep so I removed my kid from that class

[@brayanbaez-yf2lq]

Btw I’m from El Salvador never will a stupid American school tell me what’s best for my kid

[@youtubetimecapsul7491]

@@brayanbaez-yf2lq you made a smart choice. I was also in that system as well. having to learn 12 years of education you missed out on sucks but is doable. As someone who is now a parent I would never put my child through the same shit I went through. A lot of these “experts” are morons.

[@michaellivingston8881]

I’m going to watch every episode. Excellent interview.

[@rania3830]

IEP plans are unusually for students with behavioral issues. Lack of parenting.

[@LoveAimshigh]

So how do we as parents get the money that the school is getting!?..How do we fight this system?

[@LexDime]

We need the whole interview!!!

[@SimplisticallyDigital]

Brother Umar is preaching!!! 🙌🏿 The school wanted to place me into SPED when I was in Elementary school because my siblings were cattle herded into that system. The school convinced my parents that their children “needed” SPED to help them to get ahead. When it came to me (the last child of the family), my mom actually stood up and fought the school instead of letting them put me into special education (learning disabled program), my mother allowed me to receive title I remediation services within the classroom. As a result, I have my masters degree in education as well as national certifications. My mom often states that she feels like special Ed would’ve broken my spirit. She definitely sees how it disturbed the spirit of my brothers who were in it. In the 70s and 80s they were definitely pushing black children into special education programs. One story that kind of broke my heart, but was also liberating was when my mother said that she ran into one of my former teachers in the grocery store and she asked about me. She stated that I would make a good janitor. Mind you this is a White teacher. My mother said that she just grinned and walked away. This is when I was in a masters program in college. I asked my mom why she didn’t say anything, but she said that she had the internal joy of knowing that her child was academically successful, despite what that teacher was thinking. To be completely transparent, I am currently a special education teacher. I get a lot of pushback when I try to reduce services or when I recommend that students return to their general education classroom and SPED services be reduced or removed. Of course, the pushback is from people that are not my color. It’s an epidemic at this point and I really wish that parents would educate their kids at home because teachers Have a tough job. Trying to manage 30+ kids and trying to meet the needs of each one can leave our kids in the dust. Please black parents, there are so many free educational resources through the school system as well as online. Please start exposing your children to learning experiences, as young as infants. Some of my friends and family members that I was preaching this message to turned a deaf ear and now their children are being entered into the special ed program as we speak. It breaks my heart, but I’m not sure what else I can do. I’ll just continue to share my message with those who are receptive.

[@kaycee1226]

👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@_pitschool]

Thank you for sharing this!!!❤❤ I have a similar story.

[@kchaukraa2771]

Wow! As a senior in my Early Childhood Ed program this video opened my eyes in a way nothing else has about how many problems schools in America have. It’s sad. And where do we even start?

[@remixisthis]

Really important message!!

[@mikaylar3707]

All this is so true. Like I was put in a special ed classroom but I didn’t even need it. I was passing and getting good marks. I just don’t understand why they have to label you like that. I did not need to be put in a special ed class yet they still did.

[@youtubetimecapsul7491]

These are decisions that are made by parents who don’t know any better. A lot of parents just trust that the institutions know better. These “experts” are some of the most out of touch people.

[@fatald_2378]

I was in resource for awhile in school and it made me feel so undervalued, they said I had comprehension problems, which wasn’t true because I was always getting A’s and B’s in reading and writing and was the first to turn in book reports, I understand this conversation I know many students who were worse then me and ended up getting into trouble on the streets killed or incarcerated including my own brother, it’s sad, the special Ed system definitely needs to be reformed..

[@nataliecampbell2439]

True. They are doing a disservice to these kids. They are deliberately miseducating these angels to get them prison bound.They don't have these childrens best interest at heart. They don't progress but regress.

[@haggai3.477]

Salute. Truly, the caring heart cannot hide.

[@sebastienc.2257]

He’s leaving out the responsibility of the parents.

[@nataliej261]

No he isn't. He talks about that a lot in other videos. This isn't even a whole video. Ever thought about that? Nope.

[@sebastienc.2257]

@@nataliej261 The parents have the great impact on what stays in the IEP. So if he’s talking about the IEP it’s important to mention parents as they have to okay whatever teachers and service providers recommend.

[@rasheeda1303]

@@sebastienc.2257 the parents are part of the IEP. The IEP is designed to monitor the students progress.

[@tsahaimartinwright5862]

Parents request children get an IEP at THE SUGGESTION OF THE EDUCATORS. The teachers start the process NOT the parents. Yes, parents have to okay it but he is 100% right in what he's saying. The bottom line is captial$!!!

[@Borough1736]

Nah he has an entire book speaking on this: psycho academic holocaust

[@LadiDee]

I taught SpEd and had a few of my students go back to regular Ed for the subjects they excelled in and it was a big fight to get them back into those classes.

[@PatentRob]

Dr. Umar is in the zone! Over ten years ago Dr. Umar through KZbin schooled me on IEP. The money school get from IEP services is secret and Dr. Umar point on IEP and desegregation is spot on. So who in the system is advocating for Black IEP children? Another story is how non-English is dominating Title 1, 3 & 4, along with IEP.

[@madiztexidor9103]

He forgets to mention that the parents are also on that progress team. It takes parents pushing and pushing to get services for your child. As a parent you have the right to refuse to sign that IEP until it has the support you need for your kids. You also should attend all the budget meetings to see where they are spending those title 1 funds.

[@renemuhizi]

Thanks for this Brother🙏🏿

[@Schewschewan2000]

As a special education teacher I will say that some of this is true- for example, the part about social promotion. However I feel like there is a lot that he is purposefully not saying as well. Please understand that there is usually a long process that has to happen before a kid is given an iep called the intervention & referral services process. During this process, which can last a while , the i&rs team meets with the teacher that is referring the student and essentially tries to come up with interventions for the child. It is only when none of those interventions work that the child is then referred to the psychologists. This can literally take months of data tracking. Often times a teacher will refer a student in one grade and start the i&rs process but then the process not be completed until the next grade. The special education program is vulnerable and can be exploited which is an issue but it’s hardly the cash cow he is making it out to be

[@mariedestin8105]

This!! I've seen kids thrive from simple accomodations from having an IEP. I've also seen kids set up for failure because they received no support. The blanket statements he is making is an issue. Many kids in sped are performing above grade level.

[@Ttk1023]

Thank you for letting people know this because as a special education teacher over 20 years, I have yet to see cash spent on the special education classes/ students.

[@ravinj8625]

My daughter has autism with a speech delay and ADHD. They denied her an IEP. She was given a 504 for accommodations. She's in a general Ed class.

[@robynlarue1815]

Thank you for this, I am loving your perspective..

[@WilliamConwayJr-p4e]

So i was brought up sbh /sed - ld ect.... Iep. I feel i was done wrong adhd ect.. can i sue

[@muchlovegambine949]

Why don’t we do something to make our kids smarter and stronger opposed to blaming the system and then putting them in that system?

[@cod3d_black]

Great interview and excellent audio

[@ssd2930]

There is some truth this. Hell the principal told me, " the school receives more money if I accept the I.E.P".....🤔 Sometimes them labeling children at record numbers in a particular district has more to do with funding.

[@Mrs-Tif]

My daughter is mainly behavioral and we finally are getting behavior therapy for her but they don’t offer that in school either. It breaks my heart because her behavior gets in the way of her learning but the school doesn’t help her with that part

[@cuttaboyz]

It destroyed my confidence and left me feeling stupid now I’m thriving and is exceptionally successful in life thanks to people like umar and seeking knowledge yourself

[@nafeesahabdullahmuhammad9359]

As a special education teacher I know that the IEP most certainly works when properly implemented. My Scholars are very successful and they don’t get watered down information…they are tight the same curriculum as everyone else. The accommodations needed are real and their exceptionalities are real. What is the brother’s recommendation for providing access to education for students with disabilities in lieu of the IEP. I see it everyday and the need is there. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@j.sanchez5566]

IEP's might work when students have real good, organized teachers like yourself but you know or see, that many SPED teachers are unmotivated and burned out from having to work with special ed. kids. Quality special ed. teachers are rare.

[@malonamission7092]

I was in special ed virtually all my life because I wasn’t being forced to focus on my education at home. I had some awesome teachers but I wasn’t focused. Being in them special ed classes make you feel low as a human being. They literally isolate you from the other kids in normal classes. Those were some of the worst years of my life. They done all this for a check !!! I was a walking $ bill.

[@Darkdimension991-w3h]

Bro I was put in special education it really effed up my life I didn't do anything all I did was eight hours was just watching anime having job training taking lowlife classes and that was 14 years ago if you have an IEP it's awful

[@malonamission7092]

@ I am so sorry to hear that bro ! Did you ever get your GED ?

[@Darkdimension991-w3h]

@malonamission7092 nope

[@susana2007]

This man is on fire....from my limited professional educational history I totally agree with him (I have a BA in Elementary Ed., taught just for a few kids and then moved to Substituting so I could have more time with my own kids). I have taught and been a substitute in 3 different states for over 18 years and must say that the kids do appear weaker and with a mentality that they cannot do much. 1 CHild even went to apply for a job at 18 and put on his application he was on an IEP for years so he should get extra treatment. Most of the kids at the school I am at now...and there are tons of them...up to 10 in each class, are very articulate and appear very bright to me and yet are not expected to do much work and seem like they have a very low self-esteem. And when I see them in a higher grade a few years later they are many times still illiterate and it makes me so sad.

[@ritacunegin1911]

This message is very informative! ASE‘AMEN!

[@trerubinsy6250]

Taught 5 years in Philly K-8 can only fail once under policy and over 16 must be in HS. I’m living in NJ now but can’t get my kid an IEP despite multiple diagnoses.

[@scorpiana3424]

I'm a new sped teacher this year. I appreciate this video.

[@TheCharlesJLee1000]

I could relate to this because I was in high school for example when I was in regular high school and I didn't do so well….and they put me in Special Ed high school with crazy teenage kids with learning disabilities that had. But the guidance counselor told me with my aunt that if I didn't pass my high school Regents exams, they would keep me here like the other kids at 21. I passed all six Regents exams and I graduated. I didn't like it, but I got myself out of that special Ed high school. The root cause of students not doing well in school, in my opinion, because their problems at home, and always financial problems that affect the kids.

[@rabbitmoontarot1821]

Excellent information! Thank you sir for sharing your wisdom. I'm a teacher in a very remote rural area and the same game is played here. It's disgusting and allows teachers to drop the ball.

[@DorothyDandridge]

I’m Canada we use the IEP system (same program we adopted from the American education system) but we don’t get any money designated to students with spec Ed like in the US. In fact the ministry of Ed is trying to dismantle spec Ed in favour of Universal Design

[@jasminesparks7957]

My son have a iep an I feel like he is not getting no where he is only 8years old but they keep passing my son someone please help me

[@arailymwarren]

End services! Just sign the paper ! He will be in gen ed class next day!!!! Advocate for your kid asap

[@stephaniebarber17]

Thank you Dr. Umar. I’m advocating for our black babies

[@EB-ok3io]

Dr. Umar is 1000% correct in this. It’s extremely sad because that label sticks with them for life and not only do they not want to challenge themselves, they know they don’t have to. They learn status quo is ok.

[@thunder7188]

I'm a resource room teacher, a lot of students benefit from Resource Room, we don't push for self- contain, also a lot of my students exited out of Resource Room. Plus students in Resource Room don't get that extra money, only students that is in self contain classrooms. That small group instruction is handy. Teachers just don't know how to teach students that are two and three grade behind, especially with 30 students in a classroom. Some of my students end up reading better than general education students.

[@mrsuns10]

Hello there fellow resource teacher

[@Kingmon01]

Are you in California?

[@thunder7188]

@@Kingmon01 No

[@Kingmon01]

@@thunder7188 ok. It's the same every where. I'm going back to Gen Ed after this school year ends.

[@thunder7188]

@@Kingmon01 That's Good

[@chrisdee1077]

This is where umar is a master IEPs and sepcial education this is what me brought me to him years ago. Whether you like him or not he is needed.

[@leeChubbard]

he needs to stick to this stuff. Some od the other stuff. Nah. But this, he is 100 percent proficient in.

[@chrisdee1077]

@@leeChubbard agreed

[@HARLANPARKER-it8we]

Can anyone suggest me a way to recover from being in special Ed?

[@TheTrumpDoctrine]

We should not be advancing students without mastery of fundamental, prerequisite educational skills... Never

[@MoneyTps]

I got an IEP when I made straight a’s (anyone explain)

[@jennyquezada9644]

Probably because of behavior issues

[@sharonmathew7888]

True . How do I make an appointment with you

[@lostammo9026]

I used to think I was smart but this man is educated..

[@Bighjr88]

I first found out about this,when I started coaching youth football in one of the worst neighborhood in the city(dc). Its so depressing to see young black males who are likely doomed because of their mother’s decision to get extra money a month for their son’s being on medication.

[@Nkosi766]

Not all man are created equal, ask any woman who experienced more than one man.

[@dracotheruler855]

Give me 2 mins with this brotha… Ill pay for his convo per min… I can hold up intellectuality.. he would be surprised a man like me can speaks the way i do through the same psychology.. he’s educated, im not.. the way he speaks makes me feel special.. too many strong brothas overlooked

[@imauniryne6757]

I have a iep since I was in elementary I’m 18 now my mom always call me slow retarded crazy verbal abuse me and they never told me in school elementary what wrong with me till this day I don’t know

[@quintinr.6760]

Dang, that is informative & crazy at the same time. This approach hurts the whole country. They will literally cut off their nose to spite their face.

[@focusedlids5420]

🤯🤯🤯😱 that’s why! IT ALL MAKES SENSE now!!!

[@brayanbaez-yf2lq]

It’s 2024 wake up parents put your child in a iep class and you will slow him down forever

[@HCjailwhathappenKRISTANSMITH]

Special Ed student GrandMa needs help he had 2024 frequent hospital stays chronic Asthma.. So he missed due to several hospital stays. Do he HISD special Ed have to attended summer school to be promoted to make his grade?

[@jonathanwhite3669]

Dr. Umar is on point. As a reading teacher, I have always discouraged parents from having their child referred, especially when they’ve never been pushed academically.

[@kingwest7890]

drop the whole interview

[@gfain4855]

Damn good points. I have been enlightened.

[@Anonymous-pl4zu]

I had special ed. 2.1 gpa after i graduated. Come my sensual year I had to retake all the main tests I failed over the years that you need to pass for a high school degree. I’ll say without SE i prob would of failed highscool. but even with it, i was still constantly failing with pretty much no “extra help” Only benefit I got from it was being able to go to a special study hall type class room pretty much whenever I wanted.

[@melodymann6837]

This video speaks volumes to the institutional racism and inequities our children face in the USA today. It is really hard to find adequate sources to present these finds empirically. Tonight in my doctoral policy seminar I used this video to portray the vignette of how teachers can fall to political, financial, and racial bias and overrepresent students of color in special education. This video is thought provoking and timely. Although special education may have its positives, similar to the medical models, we are falling to the greed and neglect of cultural and linguistic sensitivity.

[@KarmenSAHM]

Do yall think 3 years old is too young for an IEP? My little one is speech delayed and is behind in his physical development, but not by much, its mostly due to confidence. But after watching this I'm feeling like the developmental preschool is just so eager to get him in the classroom. He has no learning disabilities, just a speech delay.

[@mrsuns10]

I mean I have a masters in special education and has written many IEP’s I think there’s some things he’s off on here

[@chakalangevinecasey9549]

He is! I am not disputing his overall exposure but there are some student who need the iep. The parents have to be advocates too. Parent know when they have children who have need to be met. It is a team effort.

[@nosizwevanda7849]

I think it's the overall truth but of course there are kids that really benefit from an IEP and others not so much!

[@year-around12345]

I was put in special ed just because I had epilepsy I started special ed when I was in 4th or 5th grade and remained in special ed throughout middle school and high school and another thing I stopped having seizures when I was in middle school and still they never took me out of special education and believe it or not I actually graduated high school believing that I actually had a chance to go to a nice big university college and continue my dreams of playing sport can you believe I actually still believed I could go to college and play sports and here's why I believed because I was in the system for so long the system raised me to believe as long as I finish each year I can go to the next grade level no one ever mentioned to me or told me in order for you to go to the next grade level you have to take a test

[@youtubetimecapsul7491]

The thing is is you could still go to college but you would have to get your GED. But having to learn 12 years of education you missed out on sucks.

[@marva2170]

I'm okay with a kid having an IEP, once I see that they are putting in 100% effort and still struggling, as opposed to sitting and playing on their phone or goofing off with their neighbor

[@jonexus22]

Are iep and eip the same?

[@user-zk5oe1uc2y]

FACTS FACTS FACTS! Dam that was on point.