Reflective Approach To Teaching Students With Disabilities

As an educator, it is an absolute certainty that I will be teaching a student that has a disability or exceptionality. The spectrum for these disabilities is very wide and encompasses almost anything that may influence the learning of a student. I never realized just how many disabilities there were, and how much information there is for educators in regards to teaching students who have the varied types (“Disabilities”). For example, I never realized that there were specific categories called, “Other Health Impairment,” “Multiple Disabilities,” and “Specific Learning Disabilities” (“Disabilities”). The amount of work the Department of Education has put into classifying each disability is astounding and truly shows how important it is to understand the students. I always knew it was important to teach these students in a way they would be able to understand, but I never realized how many aspects of the learning experience are affected by the disability.
However, before teachers should look for strategies and information to help these students, their perspectives need to be altered. Students with disabilities are always seen with negative stereotypes, which hurt them and their potential. It is vitally important to …show more content…
I knew there was trouble happening from parents medicating their children for ADD, even though the child is simply more active than normal. It surprised me that, although it has been an ongoing problem for decades, there are still children being misdiagnosed. In addition to this issue, I was also surprised at the schools that are implementing “inclusive classrooms” that are honestly doing more harm to the student’s learning than help. There needs to be strategies that are a direct influence to the child, rather than isolating the student and saying “good enough.” The schools should be taking classes or attending seminars to ensure they understand what it means to be