The Importance Of Education In Special Education

The amount of people who live with disabilities is a controversial number. Depending on what law and diagnostic tools used, a person may have a visible disability, or one that may lie beneath the surface of his or her appearance. Some people believe that the term “disability” is merely a label use to hold back, or prescribe helplessness. Meanwhile, individuals who have been properly diagnosed with disabilities struggle to maintain respect and acceptance every day. In plain language, there is a lot of misunderstanding between people with disabilities and those without. It is firstly important to get everyone on the same page regarding the definition of disability.

The two options for identifying students with disabilities are RTI model and the IQ-Achievement discrepancy model. The RTI model is a multi-tiered approach to identifying students with disabilities. With this approach the amount of students who are identified as having a learning disability has decreased because of the support students receive at different tiers and it eliminates inadequate instruction as the reason for reading problems. Universal screening and high quality teaching is done for all students. Students who show that they need additional help receive tier 1 services where frequency and intensity increases. Students are monitored and receive research based instruction in the general education classroom. Some students may still struggle and have to receive more intensive and frequent service. Those students will receive supplemental support from an educational professional. Tier 3 services are provided to students who still struggle and need even more intensive service. Students may also qualify for special education services. The IQ-Achievement discrepancy model is used to determine if a disability is present. Standardized tests are used to eliminate low intellectual ablity as a determining cause for reading problems. With this model, a professional assess whether there is a discrepancy between a student’s scores on an iq test and scores obtained from areas

When Public Law 94-142 was passed in 1975 it had a positive impact on the education for children with disabilities. Millions of children in the United States were supported by the law. These children had previously been excluded entirely from the education system.

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The Education system in America has had a lot of improvement over the years. Given

Testing accommodations for high-stakes tests have recently become a topic of conversation among state and federal legislators. In addition to those higher up, classroom teachers of exceptional students (special needs) have begun to question the validity of tests for their students. Due to the rising number of high-stakes tests that are administered, there have been a number of research studies completed in order to help prove whether or not accommodations are even worth the time. Accommodations can include extended time, read-aloud sessions, test response style, etcetera. In the studies that are mentioned, different types of accommodations were provided, different age groups in different areas of our country. These studies, while having a wide range of age in their participants, all agree on the fact that accommodations should be provided for tests. These studies provide important data

The authors of this article offer a six-step approach to teaching the common core standards to students with severe disabilities. The steps include: selecting a text, targeting the common core state standard, adapting the text, developing the lesson template, incorporating evidence and research-based practices, and including a writing component. The assumption is that once teachers follow this approach, student mastery of the standards, will increase.

In life we do not decide where we begin. Some of us our gifted at birth, with intellect,wealth, and health. While others such as I are not so fortunate. I was born with a disorder called Autism. This disorder made it so that I was different from other children. While most children could speak when they were two or three years old. It took me until I was five years old to speak. I also could not focus that well in school. As a child I did not enjoy doing school work. I prefered to do others things, such as Imagine things that I saw on television. Due to my autism and lack of focus,I placed into an autistic support class. Often as child I wondered, why was I different? Though I performed decently academically. I was still in an autistic support

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.

This chapter discussed the study of students with severe and multiple disabilities and how they share the same history as other disciplines within special education. The book also states that the disabilities the students may have either appeared before, during, or after birth. However, another interesting fact that the book stated is how this group of students is known to be the smallest among all students with disabilities. Another interesting fact is students are limited in their cognitive ability, academic achievement, social and emotional development and behavior skills. It also stated that with the help and support from professional and parents the expectation for the students to succeed should remain high. With the hopes to one day

My philosophy of teaching has come from many years of teaching experience here in the Beacon City School District. As I reflect on my beliefs regarding teaching and learning, I find that my mission as a teacher is to promote positive learning, to spark enthusiasm for learning, and to provide a strong foundation for lifelong learners, which corresponds with your mission statement here at J.V. Forrestal.

The question of how to best address the needs of students with learning disabilities in the educational system has been debated for decades. Legal protections are designed to ensure that students with disabilities are educated in the least restrictive environment, which often means an inclusive environment where students with learning disabilities are taught in the general education classroom with supports. Questions still persist regarding the effectiveness of this approach and whether it is being appropriately applied with proper supports (Eller et al. 85). These questions are further supported by the current use of a Response to Intervention (RTI) process, which emphasizes the need for intensive, individualized instruction for students not making academic process (Fuchs et al. 15). Providing the necessary intensive and individualized instruction to students with learning disabilities in the general environment may seem an insurmountable obstacle. However, research suggests that the introduction of specific technologies to the curriculum can provide this targeted instruction and support the

When most people think of achievement gaps they generally think about how outside sources factor in, such as one’s socioeconomic background, race or ethnicity, language barriers, and disabilities. Unfortunately, for students with disabilities, there is more than just one category they can fall into when discussing achievement gaps. Students with learning disabilities are generally diagnosed in the areas of literacy and/or numeracy. However, students are not typically diagnosed with a learning disability until they reach grade three. How can school systems help to close the achievement gap when comparing students with disabilities to their non-disabled peers? What policies have been implemented and how have they helped students

In the last several centuries there have been many scholars and researchers who took it upon themselves to discover child development and childhood education. These intellectuals formulated ideas and theories based on their discoveries, and they each contributed to different elements in the realm of early childhood special education; such as early childhood education, special education, or compensatory education programs.

Special education creates opportunities for students, parents, teachers and related staff and administrators to work together to improve educational results students with disabilities. IEPs and 504s are the plans that help educators to develop education for each student with disabilities. The IEP is an important legal document that handles issues in special education properly. There are so many rules that school personnel must follow. In this assignment, I will identify effective procedures for documentation and remediation of the teacher, her behaviors and the allegations about her regarding a special education student.