Essay On Orthopedic Impairment

Special education teachers who work with students with orthopedic impairments need to be familiar with specialized instructional strategies to help them achieve their academic goals while meeting their needs. Students with OI can often have multiple impairments such as intellectual and learning disabilities. OI students can also experience visual and hearing impairments. These impairments can cause displays of unwanted behaviors (Heller and Jones, 2003). This is why it is key for teachers to be knowledgeable in multiple of Evidence-Based Strategies to help in developing positive effective curriculum for their OI and severe impaired students in such academic areas as math and language arts. As with any special needs student, it is imperative for teachers to know their orthopedic impaired student’s specific unique needs when developing curriculum. Disability-specific core curricula know how to adapt and teach the students’ core academic curriculum or functional …show more content…
They need educators to be creative and use their skills to ensure they are meeting the needs of each student with severe and multiple disabilities (Vize, 2012). The important factor for teachers to remember is to follow the student’s IEP and to know their students’ needs. This will help determine what are the best and most effective evidence-based strategies and what level of mainstream classroom room time is appropriate for their student. Continued communication and collaboration with their student’s support teams will help them determine what is the best source for learning for the student, i.e., general education or special education or paraprofessional to deliver the lesson. Educators (both general and special education) must also be prepared to receive the proper training that may be need to deal with any health care needs their students may