The local staffing crisis in special ed

12:52

December 13, 2021

Tiziana Dearing
Carrie Jung
Walter Wuthmann

Sara Harold sits with her 3-year-old son, Finn, as he builds with magnetic tiles at their home. She struggled for more than a year to find special education services for her son, running into enrollment caps and programs that were short staffed. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

It seems everywhere you look right now in our economy, there are labor shortages and staffing challenges: not enough snowplow drivers, not enough nurses, not enough police academy recruits.

Another place where families are really feeling the pinch — special education classrooms. We take listener calls WBUR senior education reporter Carrie Jung.

This segment aired on December 13, 2021.