Classroom Observation

Doing clinical observations are very important because it gives a change to see student and teacher interactions first hand and get to see how well a student is responding. During my observations at Biddeford Intermediate School, I got the change to shadow an Ed. Teach in a life skills room. This was a great opportunity for me because it was a chance to see another kind of intervention done in the special education department. I have done many observations with an occupational therapist, and they have always been in lighting and very educational, but to visit a life skills room gave me more perspective on the special education department as a whole. The environment in a life skills classroom is very different than the typical education classroom. The life skills classroom designed to teach students life skills to thrive in the world beyond the classroom. This is typically for special ed. students and students who could not survive in typical classrooms. The skills taught in this classroom are flexibility, social skills, productivity, and leadership, and activities of daily living. The classroom is also set up very different than the normal classroom and is furnished with the equipment to be able to learn activities of daily living. While I was in the life skills room I met a student with Down syndrome named Tommy. I observed Tommy closely the …show more content…
The first thing I noticed when walking into the classroom was how it was set up. Because it was a life skills room, it was set up in a very unique way. There was a full kitchen, a apartment like ear with a bed, a play area, and typical classroom set up with tables and desks, and a circle table used for group discussions. While the students are in this classroom they are learning life skills and the teachers were very hands on with the kids and very engaging. The classroom also had student work all around the room and bright posters hung up on the