Special Education

to all students whether special needs or not. Disciplining students with special needs often present a legal liability for school administrators when they do not document, understand education code, and do not read the student’s Individual Education Plan (I.E.P.). With legal cases with regards to special needs on the rise, it is necessary for school administration to not only provide training for their staff, but to also update their knowledge on special needs education law. This means that…

In the first article, the writer addresses civil rights policies for disabled individuals in the state of New York from the Attorney General, Eric T. Schneiderman. The policy aims to protect disable individuals whether they currently had or have a physical or mental impairment that limits the individual from experiencing life activities. This policy also prohibits disable individuals from being denied access to services, opportunities, and benefits that are available to an able person. While…

Subsequently, this research indicates a call for a careful examination of inclusion based education to ease the fears that surrounds the practice of educating students with disabilities in the general education setting (Daniel & King, 1997; Oldfield, 2009). As more students with disabilities are placed in general education classroom environment the education community must find ways to support regular education teachers in order to promote positive approaches towards inclusion. Providing…

support services, curriculum issues and falling standards in the basic subjects”. (Shevlin, pg.6,2009) As Shevlin et al point out there is a huge interplay between policy and practice and there are many ‘constraints and challenges' to be overcome. Special Needs Assistants (SNA), resource and learning support teachers are also significant positive inclusive resources. Access to medical interventions and long waiting lists for services is a significant barrier that needs to be addressed. Schools…

achieve in general education classrooms: disinterested attitudes, individual differences, and full time structure are not yet in place. There is not just one meaning for the term “full inclusion,” but research psychologist, Bernard Rimland, defines full inclusion the best as: “… abolishing the special education provisions that are vitally important to … [handicap] children” (Rimland 290). In other words, full inclusion classrooms do not provide the essential training in which special need…

fortune teller she warned my parents not to allow the school to place me in special education classes. I took a school-administered test about two weeks after the meeting with Ms. Williams, I can recall it being about a month or so later before the test, results came back. My parents had a meeting with the school administrators and were told that I had a serious learning disability and needed to be placed in special education classes. I remember the very day my parents told me I would be leaving…

Chapter 3, watching the videos, reviewing the websites and based it on my experiences working with Students with Special Needs including self-contained classes with a ratio of 12:1:1 and least restrictive environments ICT, I selected Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) as a topic related to special education. This topic is related to one of the major components of students with special needs, Individualized Educational Program (IEP). As stated in pg.53 under teacher rights and…

was one classroom for eight students ranging from second grade to six grade and they all are learning the same curriculum at the same pace with the same types of learning techniques. Not only was their age and grades different but the spectrum of special needs that they have are drastically different. Some of my kids have no problem reading and writing the material while others have major problems reading the material and understanding material but they're both still learning at the same rate…

initial preparation standard is about instructional planning and strategies, which, like the fourth standard, is also under the focal theme: instructional pedagogy (Council for Exceptional Children, 2012). This standard requires initial-level special education teachers to learn to adapt and use instructional strategies, technology-based or not, according to students’ abilities, interests, learning environments, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and IEP or transition plans in order to improve…

from Mr. Harris. Mr. Harris provides direct services and collaborative-consultative services to help support the individual learning goals and objectives for students in the general education setting (Raver, 2009). As a special education teacher, Mr. Harris has over twenty years experience in the field of education with the Pittsburgh Public school district. Mr. Harris’ learning support classroom is extremely small. The classroom has two tables each with four chairs arranged around it, a…