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There is a shortage of sp ed teachers so it's hard to find one willing to do a short term assignment to cover a maternity leave. If you are in a more rural area, this will only make things worse. There are a few solutions. (1) Have the teacher makeup the missed time once they return. (2) You can ask about a tutor but what schools do is instruction - not tutoring. There should be a scope & sequence to the support where tutoring isn't always like that. In other words, tutoring isn't an IEP service. (3) With home instruction...if they had someone willing to come to school; finding someone who does house calls is harder. There is no time line with this. The teacher is a credentialed professional. You can't just hire anyone to replace them. The person needs to have the credentials to do this. I'd ask if it's possible to have instruction made up over the summer.