Importance Of Behavioral Support For Students With Physical Disabilities

Students with disabilities need to be physically, programmatically, and interactionally included in classroom activities that have been planned by a qualified teacher in conjunction with support staff as needed.

There are many different reasons that students may need additional assistance to be successful academically. Students may have a difficulty reading, or English may not be their primary language. They may have suffered a traumatic brain injury or may have been born with Autism. Students might even have difficulty socially interacting with teachers and peers or due to some physiological impact in their young lives might have other emotional impairments. No matter what the cause for the disability, special education services and interventions are vital to success of these special students.

These students have normal and sometimes above normal intelligence but they struggling with problems that hinder them from learning and progressing like other students. More recently it is thought that a student with learning disability could show one of more than 500,000 combinations of cognitive or socioemotional problems (Heward, 2010). Learning disabilities cause students to struggle with so many things in school such as academics, emotions, and socializing and learning disabilities also cause students to have problems away from school. Students with learning disabilities may experience problems with learning to read or comprehend what they read, learning to do math or develop mathematical reasoning, learning vocabulary, spelling or the written language, and learning to get along with others and exhibit appropriate social skills. They may also have problems with paying attention, hyperactivity, and sometimes behavior,

Children with disabilities need to be recognized as individuals as well as be valued for the people they will grow to be. In the classroom the growing process can be difficult to achieve depending on the nature and severity of the disability. Not all children will be served by full inclusion, some students have disabilities that require medical attention or physical facilities such as specially equipped bathrooms, ramps or elevators that may not be found in the traditional school building. For example, a child with severe cerebral palsy with severe limb constriction, lack of bowel control, inability to feed themselves and confined to a wheelchair, inclusion could cause more harm than good. This student requires medical aid to care for physical

The use of support staff in the classroom to assist students who experience some kind of difficulty in learning or physical disability is common practise in many schools these days. Almost all teachers will have daily contact with TAs and many have some management responsibilities for TAs as they direct them in their classes.

Diagnostic/Prescriptive/Evaluative (DPE) process is a type of instruction according to Thomas (1996) that helps students with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) accomplish the best chance of success and independence, when accompanied with life goal planning, and goal instructional analysis (GIA), which is a fundamental part of the DPE teaching. The DPE process takes lesson planning, breaks down instruction into manageable segments specialized for the individual student, which provide the necessary educational flexibility to ensure successful outcomes. The first step of this process is to diagnose the student’s skill level along with his/her strengths and weaknesses, and then devise or prescribe a lesson path, where student progress can be

M., & Barton, K. (2003). Assessing Students With Disabilities: Issues and Evidence. Los Angeles: The Regents of the University of California. Retrieved from http://cse.ucla.edu/products/reports/TR587.pdf

Chapter two’s main objective is to inform the reader with the definitions, details, and purposes of the four critical aspects of educating students with disabilities, which include the importance of collaboration among professionals, the IEP’s, the LRE, and inclusive education (p. 45). The chapter begins discussing some topics that are slightly related to the four critical aspects. The book goes into the different techniques and programs that are associated with the prereferral process. Response to Intervention was the process that the book decided to promote and discuss, and the book decides to start the information here because it is the beginning of the process that most general educators will face. Chapter two also informs readers on what multifactored evaluations are and why they are

In order for students with disabilities to be working towards the same standards as their classmates, they need to receive appropriate accommodations and modifications. To identify how a student will access

Each Exceptional student is assigned a case manager. These case managers meet with their student’s as often as needed, whether daily or monthly, to help watch their progress and help them with anything they need. Other programs and accommodations used to assist Exceptional students are language/speech therapists, behavioral specialists, occupational/physical therapies, deaf or hard of hearing services, and translators. A new change in the school policy to accommodate these students is that they can now be at the school until they are twenty-two years old, up from eighteen. Also, up to twenty-two, if students need additional help outside of school, students can go into the Transitioning youth with disabilities into Real vocational opportunities through Action planning and Individualized Learning, TRAIL, Program. This program helps disabled students transition into society and get jobs.

Intellectual disabilities (ID) in education require proper planning, collaboration, communication, accommodations, modified lessons, and detailed individualized instructions. Intellectual disabilities affect many aspect of a person daily life with a variety of emotional, mental, social, and physical characteristics (Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, n.d.). Intellectual disabilities are also known as mental retardation (National Institute of Health, 2010). When educating students diagnosed with intellectual disabilities individual education plans (IEP) play a large role in the education process and ensure disabled students are meeting goals, reaching academic

Before planning how to support a student with severe and profound disabilities in my classroom, I need to first educate myself about the student and his/her disability. Without the knowledge about whom the students are and their needs that are needed to accomplish their goal is impossible to support the students. Once I am able to learn about my students, I will then start to plan different support to help the students achieve their potential as much as possible.

According to Heward (2009), students with intellectual disabilities have significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior. Learning, reasoning, and problem solving, as well as conceptual, social, and practical skills are all areas of difficulty for these students. While students with intellectual disabilities usually have poor memories, slow learning rates, attention problems, difficulty generalizing what they have learned and lack of motivation, there are effective educational strategies that teachers can use to help these students be more successful and ultimately improve their quality of life.

I work in a synergistic manner, thus I am able to effectively communicate with all members of the school community, while ensuring professionalism is of upmost priority. In addition, I am a doctoral candidate, working on obtaining a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from California State University, San Bernardino. My desire to obtain a doctorate degree stemmed from my passion to best serve students with disabilities, for I aspire to create policies and procedures that will leave a positive impression on the essential stakeholders. I am an esteemed resource to any educational organization, as I demonstrate expertise in the following areas: special education policies and law, positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBiS), applied behavior analysis (ABA), composing and conducting professional developments, restorative justice practices, curriculum design, research and data analysis, program evaluation, executing collaborative Individualized Education Programs, and Behavior Intervention Plans. In conclusion, I support the notion of proactive interventions and provisions, as they create effective pathways to a higher quality of life for students with disabilities, therefore supporting each student, their families, the surrounding community, and district needs are my

Since the passing of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), schools are required to serve all students regardless of their disability in a least restrictive environment. Due to increase in the number of students being identified and placed in general education classrooms, educators can expect to serve students with disabilities. It is important to understand the different types of disabilities, the characteristics of these disabilities, and causes; in order to ensure the success of students. This paper will define severe disabilities, mental retardation, traumatic brain injury, autism, and deaf-blindness. In addition, this paper will address the characteristics and causes of each disability.