Often it is difficult for us to ascertain certain situations until we experience them ourselves. This rings true for my own perspective on interacting with children. Previous to my clinical practicum semester in my undergraduate coursework, I doubted my ability to speak to or even tolerate the presence of children within my vicinity. I have always fostered an interest in the children of the world, where every single child has his/her own personality and more to discover. I always found myself to be that person who makes the effort to discover what the child’s educational demands are to succeed in the future.
Throughout the semester, two children, both under 13 years of age, were assigned to me for speech and language intervention therapy as …show more content…
She was retelling the general disgust with her son in their local education system. In his classroom, the unstructured play-based learning model utilized for the classroom did not effectively assist her child to reach the developmental milestones of his peers. She complained that the education he was receiving did not reflect his needs as an individual due to the lack of attention the teachers were giving him. Specifically, the Picture Exchange Communication System, or PECS that he used in his home and within my ABA therapy sessions, was not carried over into the school environment due to the lack of time to accommodate his communication impairment. Jake’s mother was concerned that the school system did not provide him with an optimal prospect at functional communication with his peers and his teachers. Jake’s mother characterized their apparent apathy towards his difficulty as inconsistent with the nature of their professions. It was a juxtaposition to the goals and functional programming that I implemented in his therapy sessions to improve his social functioning. I anticipate undergoing further education to truly benefit and assist individuals like Jake by attaining a master’s degree in Northern Illinois University’s Special Education and Early Education …show more content…
What I gleaned from my classes and actually working with these individuals shaped my perspective on those who experience challenges using functional behaviors. The unfortunate truth is that children with special needs require more support than what is readily available. There is a momentous demand for those certified and highly knowledgeable in special education. In fact, what led me to apply to this program was researching online at the Illinois Student Assistance Commission website. I applied for the Illinois Special Education Teacher Tuition Waiver (SETTW) Program and was notified of the receipt of the scholarship waiver for Northern Illinois University’s Special Education Master’s program for the Fall of 2016. This scholarship has provided me the opportunity to help individuals who are often disregarded in the education system. These students, such as Jake, are sometimes combined and become one large group known as impaired learners, and each child’s specific needs are not the focal point of their education. As a future educator, I seek to develop educational tools for students that learn and understand in differing ways than others. I took more time on my own because my understanding of human nature increased and developed in every single class I studied for, and with every single child that I had
Throughout the semester, two children, both under 13 years of age, were assigned to me for speech and language intervention therapy as …show more content…
She was retelling the general disgust with her son in their local education system. In his classroom, the unstructured play-based learning model utilized for the classroom did not effectively assist her child to reach the developmental milestones of his peers. She complained that the education he was receiving did not reflect his needs as an individual due to the lack of attention the teachers were giving him. Specifically, the Picture Exchange Communication System, or PECS that he used in his home and within my ABA therapy sessions, was not carried over into the school environment due to the lack of time to accommodate his communication impairment. Jake’s mother was concerned that the school system did not provide him with an optimal prospect at functional communication with his peers and his teachers. Jake’s mother characterized their apparent apathy towards his difficulty as inconsistent with the nature of their professions. It was a juxtaposition to the goals and functional programming that I implemented in his therapy sessions to improve his social functioning. I anticipate undergoing further education to truly benefit and assist individuals like Jake by attaining a master’s degree in Northern Illinois University’s Special Education and Early Education …show more content…
What I gleaned from my classes and actually working with these individuals shaped my perspective on those who experience challenges using functional behaviors. The unfortunate truth is that children with special needs require more support than what is readily available. There is a momentous demand for those certified and highly knowledgeable in special education. In fact, what led me to apply to this program was researching online at the Illinois Student Assistance Commission website. I applied for the Illinois Special Education Teacher Tuition Waiver (SETTW) Program and was notified of the receipt of the scholarship waiver for Northern Illinois University’s Special Education Master’s program for the Fall of 2016. This scholarship has provided me the opportunity to help individuals who are often disregarded in the education system. These students, such as Jake, are sometimes combined and become one large group known as impaired learners, and each child’s specific needs are not the focal point of their education. As a future educator, I seek to develop educational tools for students that learn and understand in differing ways than others. I took more time on my own because my understanding of human nature increased and developed in every single class I studied for, and with every single child that I had