Educational Labelling

Learning disabilities are a life long struggle but if caught at a young age and early intervention takes place. The stress on the child and family is greatly reduced. Learning disabilities spread to every part of a child’s life affecting them socially. Teachers must remain professional and refrain from calling students lazy as in Adams case. A good teacher or specialist can demystify a learning disability and help a child’s

Throughout history society has had many views on individuals with physical and health needs, consequently impacting the way they live. In the article, “The Discovery of Hyperkinesis: Notes on the Medicalization of Deviant Behavior,” it discuses the Pharmaceutical Revolution, and how psychoactive drugs were being produced to suppress, what society felt, was deviant behavior (Conrad, 1975). This article is a good example of how society has created ‘disabilities’ for people with health needs. The article also expresses how children who act out, or have parents and schools members feeling they are exhibiting deviant behaviors, are considered to have medical conditions. Many people in today’s society don’t have the time or patience to learn about individuals with physical and health needs, thus giving the medical world more control over, ‘disability.’

We must not label children due to their disability. It is important we look at their individual need first without focusing on their impairment. We should be realistic about their expectations and modify the curriculum to suit, give them extra support or their own SEN, depending on needs but also encouraging independence as much as possible.

It is extremely important for teachers as well as other adults to use strength-based language when talking to or referring to children with disabilities. Strength-based language or people first language is a positive approach that emphasizes a person before their disability. This is important to use because the way we refer or talk about someone significantly influences the images and attitude we for create about them. Which can leave either a positive or negative impression for others. Sadly, sometimes an individual’s diagnosis or disability is used to define them. For example, some people might say “oh, that’s the boy whose autistic”. Instead, you should say “that boy has autism or has been diagnosed with autism”. When identifying a person

“Labeling is a process of creating descriptors to identify persons who differ from the norm” (White, 2014). “Labeling is required to be included in special education (Government, 2005). Under current law, to receive special education services, a child must be identified as having a disability and, in most cases, must be further classified into one of that state’s categories, such as mental retardation or learning disabilities” (Heward, 2010).

to communicate on a level of understanding for a person with a learning disability. Thus, important health education messages are long forgotten by learning disability parents even before the their child leaves the surgery or the ‘professional’ leaves the home. It should be said in support of the health care professionals that empowerment is of primary importance in their philosophy and advice acknowledged can be either implemented or ignored but hopefully whilst the child is under the canopy of the school medical services problems will be identified.

Becker was influenced by the following: Charles Cooley 's Human Nature and the Social Order (1902) examines the personal perception of oneself through studies of children and their imaginary friends. Cooley develops the theoretical concept of the looking glass self, a type of imaginary sociability (Cooley 1902). People imagine the view of themselves through the eyes of others in their social circles and form judgements of themselves based on these imaginary observations (Cooley 1902). The main idea of the looking glass self is that people define themselves according to society 's perception of them (www.d.umn.edu ). Cooley 's ideas, coupled with the works of Mead, are very important to labeling theory and its approach to a person 's

Although in many cases teachers have the students’ best interest at heart and hope to benefit them from a referral for an evaluation, inappropriate labeling can bring serious consequences for pupils. As noted on Truth in labeling: disproportionality in special education (2007), once admitted into the special needs program, students tend to remain in special education classes, they are more likely to encounter less rigorous curriculum and lower expectations, they often face social stigma, and have less contact with academically able peers.

After reading the article or journal, I have to say that in my opinion, I somewhat agree and also have a reason to question the labeling theory. Yes, I agree that a crime worth being brought to the law enforcers would get an offender judged by criticizing whether in the court of law and within our society, but labeling to me sure make it sound more like one has been scientifically, psychological probed and stamped in a not so desirable way that could follow the person for the rest for the life. I’m not disputing the fact that some crimes are without a doubt qualified to be labeled; however, not all offenses should fall under the different arrays of umbrella of being labelled.

First grader Scott has exhibited behaviors of a suspected disability. With the receipt of written parental consent the evaluation process can begin. Under the obligations of Child Find specific procedures must be followed under state and federal law. Scott will be assigned a Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team (MET) is to evaluate the “five domains of development: “cognitive development, physical development, communication, social-emotional development, and adaptive development”. This comprehensive evaluation is to determine if Scott indeed has a disability or have a lag in development.

difficulty in defining labels and correct education for children with special education needs. This led

The determination of whether a child suspected of having a specific learning disability is a child with a disability, must be made by the child’s parents and a team of qualified professionals which must include the child’s regular teacher; or a regular classroom teacher qualified to teach a child of his or her age if the child does not have a regular teacher; or, for a child of less than school age, an individual qualified by the SEA to teach a child of his or her age; and at least one person qualified to conduct individual diagnostic examinations of children, such as a school psychologist, speech-language pathologist, or remedial reading teacher.

The theory in question that stood out would be Labeling Theory and how relevant it is today. This theory is incredibly popular due to its use to describe people who might or might not fall under deviant behavior. To be more specific labeling theory is the view of deviancy according to which being labeled as a "deviant" person leads the subject to engage deviant behavior. Labeling theory in this peer reviewed article expresses that criminal justice interventions amplify offending behavior. Profiling by the criminal system doesn’t help reduce crime it just adds more problems to the system and increases the use of this theory.

Before I take this course, I thought that the diagnosis of a specific difficulty is not important in young children, but now I know that children need to have a diagnosis to have government support and can have specific therapies. According to the IDEA children with difficulties should be diagnosed under a category so they can have assistance and other benefits to improve their

When I was little, I would always like to tag along with my mother whenever she needed to go to the grocery store. But as a hyperactive child, I hated going to the grocery store. Waiting in the long checkout lines, going down every single aisle, and waiting for my mom to choose between two nearly identical brands of cat food were exhausting for me. The only reason I would go, the single reason that would make going to the store worthwhile, was because I could sneak in all the unhealthy junk food that I wanted. So, while my mom was picking out something for dinner, I would go down the aisles picking out all different types of junk food. I never really paid too much attention to what was on the packaging because the pretty pictures were all