Educational Psychology II-Student with special educational needs.

1. EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY II
Students with special educational needs

2. THREE PEOPLE ON THE MARGINS
In 1761 a six-years-old girl was
captured from West Africa.
She had love and talent for poetry.
People who heard of her poetry
were skeptical.
The first person

3. The second person
Helen Keller lost her sight and
hearing.
Helen devised a language of gestural
signs for communicating.
She wrote and published a short story.

4. The third person
Sue Robin was born with a
disability that limited her speech.
She learned to type on a keyboard.
She learned to communicate
effectively.

5. Growing support for people with disabilities:
legislation and its effects.
Rehabilitation Act: Required that individuals with disabilities be
accommodated in any program that receives Federal funding.

6. Growing support for people with disabilities:
legislation and its effects.
Americans with Disabilities Act: this legislation also prohibited
discrimination on the basis of disabilities.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: this legislation was
more focused on education. the law guarantees the following rights
related to education for anyone with a disability from birth to age
21.

7. Growing support for people with disabilities:
legislation and its effects.
Free, appropriate education: no pay for education.
Due process: disagreements with the school.
Fair education of performance: modified procedures.

8. Growing support for people with disabilities:
legislation and its effects.
Education in the least restrictive environment: opportunities
and options.
An individualized educational program: every disability is
unique, instructional planning.

9. Responsibilities of teacher for students with disabilities
Expectations:
1. Alternative assessment
2. Least restrictive environment
3. Individual educational plan

10. Alternative assessment
•To identify the strengths of the students
•To decide what special support need students with disabilities
•To identify the qualities of students
•To find conventional strategies and assessment

11. REFERENCES
Seifert, K & Sutton, R. (2009). Global Text.
Educational Psychology. Switzerland: Jackie Sharman.
Edb.gov.hk,. (2015). Special Educational Needs. Retrieved 28
October 2015, from http://www.edb.gov.hk/en/curriculum-
development/major-level-of-edu/special-educational-
needs/index.html.