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III 24 February 2016 Special Education Students Working for No Compensation “I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place.”(Storr). Someone reading the title of this paper might think, “that isn’t something that happens!” or, ”that isn’t a real thing!”. Although, after researching this topic, I am very disappointed to tell you this is very much “a real thing that happens.” special education students have been removed from regular classrooms

teacher for infants and toddlers and has experience working with an entire classroom of students with disabilities as well as experience working with a classroom with only one student with a disability. I wanted to gain insight on her experiences teaching a classroom with only one student with a disability, while the remaining classroom was non-disabled students. I would like to talk about Tyler, a deaf student with Down syndrome, and Rebecca’s experience working with him. When I first sat down

FAPE Educators must understand and respect the legal rights of students and their parents, which are protected by the U.S. Constitution/Fourteenth Amendment. The Individuals with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protect students who have been identified with disabilities. According to both IDEA and Section 504, all special education students must be educated in the least restrictive environment. The two provisions also mandate that that all children with

her students are high and she often uses innovative techniques which include project-based learning strategies. Her students are always solving real world problems that will not only prepare them for work but provides them with the necessary life skills they need to be productive after high school. The students in the classroom range from being low-functioning intellectually disabled students to students how are on the middle school level in reading and are categorized as learning disabled. Even

for all students, but does that mean that students with disabilities now have an unfair advantage over students without? Students with disabilities are already behind compared to students that are not disabled. They may not be able to comprehend on the same level as their peers, and learning can sometimes seem like an impossible feat, but with assistive technology, we give these students a way to learn that is more catered to them. As Understood stated, assistive technology can allow students set and

set apart from all the rest of the classmates that are their age. The students that are special needs can benefit from inclusion in their Individualized Education Plan goals that are set according to their disability. Inclusion is where disabled students get to be in a normal class setting along with a teacher aid to have an extra hand. Special needs should be a part of the inclusion classroom because social skills increase students can adapt to the environment, and overcome their struggles. Being

for students. The main goal of holistic learning is to create a classroom environment where each student can thrive in learning as well as understand that the individual characteristics are meant to make people unique and not different. This means creating a classroom environment that is inclusive of all learners. A teacher should design an environment that pays attention to the needs of students from diverse backgrounds including learning and assessment process that ensures that every student is

As soon as a person enters the world, screaming, cold and helpless, they are assigned social identity markers, which, in most cases, will be used to label and categorize them throughout their life (Harro 2000). Identity markers are constructed by society and include, but are not limited to: assigned sex, race, and class. We have no choice in what identity markers are placed upon us and they will follow us in life, shaping who we become and directing us to our designated place in society. Our reality

greatest practical value. This is because I teach middle school in a school where learning-disabled students are included in regular classes. In my classroom, I employ various Google products (Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, Classroom, and associated add-ons including Easy Bib, Speech Recognition, Select and Speak, etc). I also use SeeSaw (where students create digital journals) and Adobe Spark (which allows students to make educational videos) to help me with differentiation. Through trial and error, I

for a student needing special education services in my school district is as follows. First, the teacher, parent or legal guardian has to put in writing that they want the student to be referred for special services. If it is the parent who has submitted the written request, the school has 5 days to respond. Second, a Request for Assistance form must be filled out by the teacher and is required for the referral to move forward. Next, a referral committee sits down to determine if the student should