2. WORKING WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
• Many teachers may fear working with SPED students, simply
because they might not know how to teach them or fear that
they will be unable to learn. While there can be challenges in
working with teaching there have been many strides in coming
up with new strategies and technologies to help promote
education.
• This power point is meant to give a brief overview of some of
the terms and resources available to teachers today when it
comes to working with students with disabilities.
3. DISABILITIES YOU MIGHT SEE
• ADHD – attention deficit/hyperactivity
disorder, often a combination of
problems involving difficulty sustaining
attention, hyperactivity and impulsive
behavior, and low self-esteem.
• Auditory Disorders – can be mild to
severe, ranging from having trouble
hearing to having CAPD or central
auditory processing disorder in which
kids can’t process information they
hear
4. KEY TERMS FOR TEACHERS
• Assistive Technology (AT) Service – Any service that directly assists an individual
with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device.
• Individualized Education Plan (IEP) – A program/plan that provides additional
support services for students with delayed skills.
• Inclusion – Approach involving including students with special needs in normal
classrooms as much as possible. Two sub-types, Partial inclusion and Full Inclusion.
Idea is that all students have right to participate in the same environment.
• Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) – A mandate that students with disabilities
are placed in special classes, separate schools or positions other than regular
education classrooms only when the nature or severity of the disability is such that
even with aids and services education can not be achieved.
5. STRATEGIES AND RESOURCES
• Non-Technology Strategies • Technology Based Strategies
• “Chunking” content • Accessible Keyboards
• Encouraging collaboration between • Voice Recognition Software and E-
students (read with a buddy) Readers
• Modified and varied resources • Audio books – students follow along in
their book while listening
• Allow extra time to answer
questions/take a test • Graphic novels (they work, I promise,
and you can find a lot online)
• Rearrange the classroom (know your
students well enough to know if • Computer writing programs
moving them could be beneficial)
• Simply repeating questions
