Special education: How to assist those with special needs
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1. Teaching Students with disabilities An overview of students with disabilities and a guide to resources to help you educate them.
2. Who Are Students with Special Needs? Children with special needs have difficulties learning and functioning and qualify for an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Examples of students that may need an IEP: Learning disabilities Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Emotional Disorders Autism Mental Retardation Hearing, Visual, Speech, Language Impairment Developmental Delay
3. Learning Disability The regulations for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)define a learning disability as a "disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using spoken or written language, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations."
4. What Do I Look For? Traits to look for in a students include: including problems with reading comprehension, spoken language, writing, or reasoning ability. Hyperactivity, inattention, and perceptual coordination problems may also be associated with learning disabilities Learning disabilities may occur in the following academic areas: Spoken language: Delays, disorders, or discrepancies in listening and speaking; Written language: Difficulties with reading, writing, and spelling; Arithmetic: Difficulty in performing arithmetic functions or in comprehending basic concepts; Reasoning: Difficulty in organizing and integrating thoughts; and Organization skills: Difficulty in organizing all facets of learning.
5. The Individualized Education Plan Close collaboration among special class teachers, parents, resource room teachers, regular class teachers, and others will facilitate the overall development of a child with learning disabilities. The goal is to educate children in the least restrictive environment as possible. Capitalize on the student's strengths; Provide high structure and clear expectations; Use short sentences and a simple vocabulary; Provide opportunities for success in a supportive atmosphere to help build self-esteem; Make use of self-correcting materials, which provide immediate feedback without embarrassment; Provide positive reinforcement of appropriate social skills at school and home; and Recognize that students with learning disabilities can greatly benefit from the gift of time to grow and mature.
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7. ….Continued Assitive Technology Fosters: Inclusion: The practice of educating all or most children in the same classroom, including children with physical, mental, and developmental disabilities. (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
8. AT Consideration Process 1. Identify possible need for assistive technology devices or services. 2. Collect and analyze information about the student and her/his environments (playground, classroom, lunchroom, etc.) and how possible assistive technology devices could used. 3. Collect and analyze information about the tasks the student is expected to complete in each environment (be specific). 4. List all previous assistive technology strategies and devices, including no-tech, low-tech, and instructional strategies. technologies and strategies, including from the student.
9. …Continued 5. If needed, include persons with expertise in specific areas, e.g., behavior, technology, etc. 6. Identify and select strategies and assistive technology devices to be used in each environment. 7. Develop a plan for trials of devices and strategies being considered. 8. Create a plan for obtaining devices that are successful. 9. Create a plan for training the student, staff, parents and others in the use of the assistive technology strategies and device(s). 10. Develop a maintenance and repair plan. 11. Routinely evaluate the effectiveness of the assistive
10. AT for Learning Disabilities Reading: Low Tech Large print books, highlight key words & concepts Color overlays Reading: High Tech Books on tape, Closed Circuit TV to enlarge books Screen readers Electronic dictionary
11. ..Continued Writing: Low Tech Tracing paper, white board, white out Paper stabilizers, clipboards, arm stabilizers Writing: High Tech Custom Keyboards, Using Computer for Writing, Speech recognition systems, Slant boards, Keyboard Guards
12. ADHD a childhood mental disorder with onset before 7 years of age and involving impaired or diminished attention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. Traits To Look For: Fails to give close attention to details Does not seem to listen when spoken to directly Squirms in seat and fidgets often with hands & feet Often interrupts/ intrude on others
13. AT for ADHD Computer based software that can help children learn Rock N Go-teaches math skills AtKidSystem- teachers colors, numbers, spatial awareness Smart Tutor Online supplemntal program to teach reading and writing skills More Examples : http://www.iser.com/special-needs-software.html
14. Auditory Disability -A learning disability in which the individual can hear sounds but not process them into words correctly. Traits: have trouble paying attention to and remembering information presented orally; they cope better with visually acquired information may have trouble paying attention and remembering information when information is simultaneously presented in multiple modalities need to hear only one direction at a time appear to have poor listening skills, and need people to speak slowly need more time to process information.
15. AT for Auditory Disability Assistive Listening System a device that has a microphone for the teacher to speak into that transmits to the student. With this device, the teacher’s voice is clear and cuts down on background noises Amplification Devices Audio Loops Allows teacher to move freely because it amplifies sound through radio waves and also decreases background noise Audio Tape lectures EnVision Allows students to communicate by video camera via computer
16. Helpful Links for Additional Resources http://www.uatpat.org/resources/educ_sheets/hearing.pdf http://www.pluk.org/Pubs/MT/MT_AssistiveTechGuide_378K.pdf http://www.iser.com/teachers-ins-FL.htmlTechnology for Hearing Impaired: Students Who are Hearing impaired Can Benefit from New Technologieshttp://www.suite101.com/content/technology-for-hearing-impaired-a16539#ixzz11KaKmpEZ http://www.iser.com/digital-voice.html http://www.pluk.org/Pubs/MT/MT_AssistiveTechGuide_378K.pdf
