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Welcome to the Project!
Greetings, friends. This will be the hub for our discussion in EDU 740. I'd like to take this opportunity to say what an honor and a privilege is it to b... awww, who am I kidding? I got stuck running this little show, so now you've got to put up with my sardonic humor between classes! For each section, remember that we need symptoms, a diagnosis, and suggested treatments. The diagnosis should pretty much be the title of the thread, but feel free to create sub-categories or spin-off questions if the mood hits you. The symptoms and treatments will be the bulk of the project.
Now get out there and start blogging!
Now get out there and start blogging!
Learning disabilities are real. They are not an excuse. They have gotten a bad rap because they have been overdiagnosed. Students who really do have a learning disability can learn to accommodate that disablilty if they are taught to do so. Otherwise, an IEP just becomes another enabling tool for the student.
ReplyDeleteI ask for these kids. (Soapbox warning ahead...)They need to be with a teacher that is willing to work with them. A teacher needs to use different assessments and teaching strategies for kids that aren't in the cookie-cutter. I have seen kids that can't get things completed because of a disability spending recess sitting on the sidewalk day after day not completing the work there either as the teacher yells over that not doing it doesn't get the job done.
ReplyDeleteLimit assignments, ask oral questions instead of written, just skip the assignment once in a while, have a mothering peer help, show them a different way to solve the problem, read it to them.
Just be nice to the kid, they work a lot harder if they like you. Ridiculing and punishing are not tactics that help. Treat the kid like crap and you'll end up with a discipline problem that you'll blame on the kid. Treat the kid fairly, but expect them to do their best. Their effort is what matters, not if they complete everything other kids do the same way so you can stick a stinking grade in your gradebook. Kids are like teachers, we're not all the same. Learn what the kid can do and build from there. Make sure they get me for their teacher 'cause I love this kind of challenge :)
I have a lot of special education students in my classroom. What do you do when you have a student tell you not to send their work to special education because they feel like they are cheating? The student does not want "extra help" but the parent suggests that the student take every test in the special education classroom. The student's understanding in the classroom does not reflect their test grade when it comes back from special education. The tests come back with an A or B and the student does not know the material. This is not helping the student. How should this be handled, when their IEP says they are to take tests and quizzes in special education classroom.
ReplyDeleteI find learning disabilities easy enough to address in the classroom. Emotional disabilities can be extremely frustrating to deal with. This year I taught such a student. He had over 30 write-ups and a so called behavior plan that was set up in the 5th grade. We did not find out about it until the spring. He ended up being expelled when he assaulted a teacher. I think this student is being sent to another middle school in our district for the 2010-11 school year. I feel like I need additional support and training when it comes to dealing with students who have emotional problems.
ReplyDeleteThis is why it is helpful for students to know their learning style and which of Gardner's multiple intelligence fits them the best. If they are aware of how they learn best they can, by high school, use this knowledge to help themselves. This way they don't have to rely only on their teachers. It also helps if the teachers are aware of the learning styles and multiple intelligences of their students.
ReplyDeleteI think that there needs to be a blend of the inclusion world and the special needs world. There are some students that belong in special classes. However, with that said, I also think inclusion is a great idea for students who can benefit from it. IEP's need to be created to level the learning field for students; not created as a crutch for the student.
ReplyDeleteLearning disabilities are real. They are not an excuse. They have gotten a bad rap because they have been overdiagnosed. Students who really do have a learning disability can learn to accommodate that disablilty if they are taught to do so. Otherwise, an IEP just becomes another enabling tool for the student.
ReplyDeleteIt is so frustrating to have a child that needs help and it takes a year or more to go through all the hoops to get help for the child. How do we speed it up?
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