I am at a complete loss and would appreciate any advice I can get...
I teach 6 grade language arts. It is only my second year as a teacher, and I only have experience teaching pre-AP and regular education. I currently have a student who speaks no English. Additionally, he can not read Spanish or English. He has brain damage due to a car accident, but we do not know to what extent. Apparently, he is too low for special education; however, he can't qualify for 504 until his mom takes him to a neurologist (which she hasn't done yet, and it has been 3 years). Because of all this, he is thrown into a regular classroom, and I am supposed to teach him. Everyone just keeps telling me to do what I can with him. Right now, I am trying to get him to learn the alphabet...he can get up to F. Any suggestions would be great as to how to teach him. I don't speak Spanish and I have 27 other students to worry about... Help, please!