Hello there! Last year I left my previous, mostly unrelated profession with the idea that I wanted to pursue a Special Education Teaching Credential. I took a position as an Instruction Assistant in an upper elementary class as I had never been in a Sped class and wanted to spend some time in one to make sure that it was where I wanted to be before I started investing in a credentialing program. Overall, I have loved every day of it thus far.…
would take the children longer to learn and no help would be provided on what they would need to do at home to achieve. However, a deputy head teacher of a special needs school might be preoccupied with their own needs and might not be able to talk to a child who has been on report for 2 weeks, due to silly behaviour because they have family problems. This can affect the way a child would respond in the future because the child may perceive that the deputy head teacher is not concerned about the child misbehaving and in another occasion, this would take the child longer to behave or they might not behave. This can cause low quality of care, as the child will continue to be naughty at school.…
The special population I have selected is special education. Often behavior analyst need to collaborate with other professionals. There are some unique ethical guidelines that need to be addressed and followed when implementing a behavior intervention with special education clients/students. It may be necessary to have multidiscipline team. Multidiscipline teams can consist of parents, behavior analyst, social worker, speech/occupational therapist.…
A major point of focus for me was the lack of enrollment for special education. This caught my attention because I am still debating where I want to take my career in education and I am curious as to what is…
I knew by my senior year in high school that I wanted to work in the field of speech-language pathology and sought out semester-long internships with two speech therapists in elementary schools. My interest and passion for communication disorders developed gradually, beginning in elementary school when both of my brothers received speech therapy for articulation disorders. I’m the oldest of six children, and four of the six of us have received support from an SLP, one of the factors that led me to pursue professional internships in the field while still in high school. Of greatest impact and significance, though, is what I have observed and experienced through my two youngest siblings, who both have Down syndrome and have complex needs related to language and communication. I was ten when my sister Bridget was…
Currently, I have the privilege of working as a first grade teacher in Garfield, New Jersey. After recently obtaining my M.Ed. in special education with an LDT-C certification, I was excited to learn about a LDT-C opening in the Totowa School District. Please accept my resume for consideration.…
Special Educators: Attrition, Recruitment, and Retainment Attrition, recruitment and retainment of highly qualified staff have long been studied within the field of education. This research paper hopes to take an in depth look at attrition within the special education population and also ideas for recruiting and retaining quality teachers. Although teaching, in its own right, is a difficult profession, special education teachers, support staff, and administration face a unique set of challenges. Excessive teacher turnover with the resultant teacher shortages presents major problems for the development of a qualified teaching workforce (Boe et al. 2008). Turnover occurs when special education teachers leave their position for another position…
As a student, my educational objectives are to increase my knowledge of my subject matter, gain more professional experience, and to become a more qualified educator. I plan to study Special Education with a concentration in Moderate Disabilities. When I receive my Master’s degree in Special Education, I will be learning more about my passion, teaching. I am eager to be in a compelling program where my skills are strengthened. My educational desires are to learn from strong, qualified…
Some children don’t come out completely healthy, and those children need special help in their education. Don’t you wish to be that person that helps children mentally, emotionally,with their physical and learning disability? You want to be able to teach them and help them. Special education is an inspiring career and at The University of Texas at Brownsville has the program that will best prepare you to teach special education students. “Special education teachers work with individuals who have emotional, physical and developmental disabilities.…
If someone told me a year ago that I would have the post-graduate job I currently hold today, I would have probably laughed. I am a habilitation technician, which is essentially a fancy title for an aid that assists children and young adults with special needs. Like many people, I grew up feeling a twinge uncomfortable in the presence of disabled individuals—not because I looked down upon or disliked them, but simply because I feared acting awkwardly or saying the wrong thing around them. When I applied for the job during my senior year of college, I figured it would be a glorified babysitting position; instead, I found myself facing one challenge after another: communication barriers (many autistic children are nonverbal), behavioral adversities (aggressive episodes where I was punched and kicked), and extremely slow progress in terms of skill development.…
3, 10 These are some duties a special education teacher may do; assess student’s skills to determine their needs and to develop teaching plans, teach and mentor students either as a whole class, a group of 3 or 4, or a one-on-one moment (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Special education teachers always work as a team even nowadays working with general education teachers; because some of the kids with disabilities are now mainstreaming, which puts them into a class with on-level kids. In most cases the kids are in settings with teachers and other kids with disabilities, because in those classrooms their rate of learning is at a slower rate than in general classes; so that it is easier for a child to perceive the…
What is it like to be a Special Education Teacher for Extended School Year? I learned during my field observation that being a special education teacher for Gwinnett County Public School opens the door to many opportunities, one of which is the availability to work as a teacher for Extended School Year (ESY). Students are eligible for ESY services if they have an IEP and have data to support significant gains made on their individual goals and objectives. In addition, the student has displayed regression when returning from a break.…
Dr. Steve Maraboli once said, “Smile at a stranger and you might just change a life.” School is the perfect place to do this; from the very first day of kindergarten, not knowing anyone is pretty scary and making friends can be very intimidating. Smiling at a stranger helped me. By doing this, I met my friend, Evan, whom I still have to this day. I have learned many things from knowing him for so long, such as: he has Downs Syndrome, he loves pizza, his favorite color is red, and he loves to make people smile and laugh.…
In a school the role of the Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator is to “assessing, planning and monitoring the progress of children with Special Educational Needs.” (Sutton Parent Partnership Service). They are a member of staff in a school or nursery and parents and staff go to them if they need help or advice on how to deal with a child with Special Educational Needs. The roles of a Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator changes depending on the setting they are in for example if they are in a setting like a nursery their responsibilities would include collecting information on any children with Special Educational Needs, this is important so that the parents of the child or any external agencies that work with that child knows what they…
Help children to make listening and learning language easier for them by following some simple guidelines: Position yourself face to face as you play and talk with them. This makes it easier for them to see when you are talking, and to shift their attention back and forth between their activity and your face. Being able to see your face also allows the child to use your facial expressions and lip patterns to help them understand your words. Make sure you have the child’s attention each time you talk to them.…