In addition to an evaluation of Jackson’s cognitive processing skills, an assessment of his social and emotional functioning was also collected to determine how these factors may be contributing to his overall functioning in school. The Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition (BASC-3) teacher report (TRS) was administered to Jackson’s special education teacher Dominic Fontana. A clinically significant score (T=70 or higher) suggest a high level of maladjustment. Scores in the At-Risk ranger (T=60-90) may identify a significant problem that may not be severe enough to require formal treatment or may identify the potential of developing a problem that needs careful monitoring. In addition, the Adaptive scales At-Risk Range fall…
Warm Greetings and Salutations from the Executive Team at New Haven Children Services, New Haven Children Services would like to thank you for allowing us to care for the children and families in your community over the years. We sincerely hope that you have had and continue to have a great working experience with us. As you know, our mission is to offer at-risk teens a safe, therapeutic, home-like environment where they may adequately work through the issues of emotional/psychological distress, behavioral disorders, delinquency, dysfunctional family relations and educational achievement/advancement using proven counseling methods. We just wanted to shared that our home is currently accepting referrals for between the ages of 13-17, with the one or more of the following characteristics:…
Current SEN Provision for Autism in mainstream School The current SEN provision for children with Autism is defined under the Children and Family act 2014, section 20. Definition of Special Educational Needs Children are defined as having a special education needs in they have any learning difficulty, that requires special educational provision to be made in order to meet their needs. Children who have learning difficulties may be: • Individual who has difficulty in learning than the majority of children of the same age. • May have a disability that prevents or hinder the children from making appropriate use of educational provision for children same age in the settings.…
Explain how the processes used by own work setting or service comply with legislation that covers data protection, information handling and sharing. TDA3.1: 3.1. Summarise the main points of legislation and procedures covering confidentiality, data protection and the disclosure of information Working together to safeguard children (2006-2010) A Guide to Inter-agency Working to Safeguard and Promote the Welfare of Children.…
First, in order for a teacher to advocate for her or his student, the teacher must first know the student well enough. Jacob is a seventh grade, ELL and ADHD student. Jacob was retained in second grade due to late arrival into the educational setting. Jacob does well in math, and is on Tier 2. Jacob is in Tier 2 due to his struggles with comprehension of word problems.…
Children who struggle with a physical injury or disability often find they need extra help, and pediatric physical therapist assistants (PTAs) may be the ones to provide this help. A physical therapist assistant works under the guidance of a physical therapist to help child become independent when they suffer from a disability or physical injury. The therapist doesn't take on tasks for the child, but works with the child to show him or her a way they can tackle the job on their own, so they can become more independent and do more for themselves. The therapist assistant works with the child, the supervising therapist, his or her parents and other adults in the child's life to develop an individualized treatment plan, one that meets the unique needs of the child. Often, this therapy takes place in a school setting, thus school therapists are becoming more common.…
The National Minimum Drinking Act, an Unjust Civil Liberty Violation The age of adulthood in the United States is 18, and adults should have the right to make their own decisions about alcohol consumption. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act, MLDA, is a policy that was intended to lower alcohol consumption and related problems among teenagers. Studies and research have proven this act to be outrageously unsuccessful, and ineffective, especially among college age students. The National Minimum Drinking Act, passed by Congress in 1984 violates our civil liberties, remains highly ineffective, has created more alcohol related issues, and needs to be repealed.…
Part 1 of The Children and Families Act 2014 contains provisions to go through with proposals made in ‘An Action Plan for Adoption: Tackling Delay’ (Department of Education, 2012). The government has made investments of four and half million pounds to end delays for children awaiting adoption; 4,060 children had an adoption decision but were not yet placed at 31 March 2015), on average adoption delays of one year and nine months (Department of Education, 2015). Longer delays were caused by seeking a perfect or partial ethnic match for the child. Charles et al (1992) and Thoburn et al (2000) highlighted that Black Minority Children remained amongst the most difficult children to place, on average delays being up to one year longer.…
I say this because diagnoses are in general, not very helpful in terms of actual classroom intervention, as there really aren’t uniform intervention for children with particular diagnoses; rather, interventions should be tailored around specific behaviors. Different children with same diagnose will present differently. So, even if the child is misdiagnosed, that really shouldn’t present an issue with intervention in the classroom at least, as interventions are based on behaviors, not diagnosis. Each diagnosis is different with each child, and all diagnoses can be different depending on what the situation is. Children can be diagnose with behavioral issues and others disabilities, and with each of these follows many categorical criteria for services under that individual…
1. Zero Reject The principle of “Zero Reject” was established to ensure that all students, ages 3-21 years old, are found and provided the services needed to have an appropriate education. It is the job of the educational workers to locate, identify, and serve these students. They must work diligently to help all students that they suspect need additional services.…
inquiry. Personality, however, can only take an individual so far. The mental process of acceptance and openness should not depend on personality factors, but on individual drive and resilience towards change. It is important that I understand my place in a multicultural society, and what factors I bring to make schools safer and more accepting.…
Delayed/arrested development- this is when an abnormal physical condition is resulted from a defective gene or from developmental deficiencies, which is why learning disabilities are difficult to diagnose and sometimes it is not clear as to why it happened, however the child’s abilities and needs can be assessed to make sure they get help and support. The diagnosis for this is, sometimes learning disabilities are discovered at birth and others are diagnosed much later, when a child is diagnosed around birth like with down syndrome the doctor would not tell exactly how it would affect your development however a child’s disability becomes clearer when the child talks, walks or reads. For children that are not diagnosed at birth can take time…
One of the problems about being a legend in any field is becoming the subject of conjecture. This imaginative inference is designed by others as a means of determining how the great hero would respond to a given situation. That is what is being presented here: an educated guess of how an icon of education would respond to the ideas of two contemporary theorists. So therefore, in this scenario one finds the fabled John Dewey philosophically sparring with present-day experts G. E. Zuriff, Lorella Terzi, and John Stuart Mills regarding their opinions of education.…
Assessment Over one hundred years ago, the first test of intelligence was developed by Simon Binet in order to identify children who were having difficulties learning (Colmar, Maxwell, & Miller, 2006). Intellectual disabilities are diagnosed by assessing two main areas: a person’s ability to gain the skills they need to live independently, and the brain’s ability to learn, think, solve, problems, and make sense of the world (also called IQ) (“Intellectual Disability”, 2011). As previously mentioned, in the 1950s diagnosis was generally made based solely on the results of the IQ test, however, that is no longer the case (Schneider et al., 2014). Intellectual functioning is usually measured with the use of a test, referred to as an IQ test.…
Special needs is a term that is used in clinical diagnosis. It describes individuals who require assistance whether it is medical, mental, or even psychological. Children with special needs are a wonderful part of our world today. Under this umbrella, there are many different types of diseases that come along with the term. The severity of a child’s diagnosis varies.…