Special Investigation Branch

While reading “Using Collaboration, Co-Teaching, and Question Answer Relationships to Enhance Content Area Literacy” by Nicole Fenty, I had a chance to learn about some strategies that can be used while co-teaching with a Special Education teachers and a general education teacher. Collaboration is the key to success in a general education setting where there are students who have an IEP because the teachers need to be on the same page of what the students need to learn while Co-Teaching. It is…

they learn slower than typical students. Whereas a student with sever intellectual disability may be several year behind the peer in grade level. Students with mild intellectual disabilities are often in regular classrooms with added help from a Special education teacher to help in the areas of attention, memory, and generalization. While the sever…

Ryan 1 Special needs children are misunderstood. They can be really nice children that some people may think are weird. They can also be really smart or they could be considered challenged. People can get jealous because special needs children take other people’s attention away from them. Special needs children need to be better understood so that they can receive the same education as other kids and avoid being bullied so they can experience the socialization that schools provide. Special needs…

Although some level of adaptive sport has likely occurred throughout human history, organized sports for people with disabilities has a relatively brief history. The earliest international sports organization for people with disabilities was the International Committee for Deaf Sports, which was establish in 1922. 1932 saw the establishment of the British Society of One-armed golfers, which is one of the first organizations for people with specifically physical disability. The bloom of adaptive…

Assistive Technology Assignment - Sample 1) Based on the child’s IEP, write a description of the child’s background, strengths and abilities, needs and challenges. Include communication goals and child’s progress toward these goals. Due to confidentiality, I will not mention this individuals name but instead refer to him as “this child.” Based on this child’s IEP, he has been identified as having global developmental delay accompanied by visual deficits. He is ten years old and receives…

Full Inclusion: Is It Inclusion or Exclusion? Full inclusion is the term used when children with special education needs are put into general education classrooms. While some children with disabilities are able to maintain themselves academically and/or socially in a mainstream environment, many students do not fair so well. Due to their issues, students are unable to progress at the same rate as their peers, and in most cases demonstrate appropriate behavior for a typical classroom. These…

over 200 million people in this world that are mentally challenged and that caused them to become unable to work toward their dreams. The Special Olympics offers these hopeless people a chance to reach for their dreams and accomplish the never thought possible. This organization offers a movement towards the mentally challenged success through sports. In The Special Olympics the mentally challenged can gain inspiration and hope during the intense training and joy through the fierce competition.…

more and more children are receiving the level of support they need to become successful in academics. Many educational programs have adopted early intervention programs as well as other accommodations for student that are developmentally delayed or special needs. Even though laws such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) were created to insure all children are given a fair chance in receiving adequate and equal educations, there are…

can be.” The first point is that students need to be aware of, taught, and participate in their IEPs and understand their disability. The second point is that Education, especially Special Education, has a language of its own. So, as teacher and specialists, we need to teach students and parents the language of Special Education. Also, we need to be using words that students will comprehend. The two parts that stood out the most for me was the importance of making sure everyone understands the…

be improved by training them on special education practices . There is a growing need for high quality teachers who can meet the needs of all learners, not only to provide equal opportunity, but also to provide education for an inclusive society (Reynolds, 2001). The requirement for education in an inclusive classroom society is not met by simply providing more teachers in schools, but by providing more teachers who have training relevant to the issues of special education and issues involving…