Specials

is mainly because for those such as athletes, musicians or actors, homeschooling provides the flexibility of time management. As Benjamin Franklin who was a prestigious politician of U.S. said “genius without education is like silver in the mine”, special education for gifted children is a significant element and most of the genius in history quitted schools for development of competencies. In his case study of Kate and Shawn, Robert Schultz states that home education is beneficial for all…

“Any institution faces two basic choices if they hope to spark new ideas. One is to leverage the brains trust within their organization by creating a special event dedicated to new thinking. The other is to look outside themselves to stimulate solutions.” -Simon Mainwaring. These type of notions are alien to the United States Army which in my opinion runs as an institution. Some institutions like the United States Army seldom listen to new and challenging ideas. However, if all…

board policy on grading. An additional concern that was not noted is the possibility of having an end-of-course exam for graduation. If an end-of-course exam is a requirement to graduate, this practice causes serious concern for the ability of a special education student to pass with the appropriate…

everyone deserves a chance to improve their life. Working to help the needy in my community would be very rewarding. Any of us might need help from a social worker in our life time. My past work experience taught me to have compassion for people with special needs and substance abuse problems. Having addiction issues in my family showed me the negative results it has on the addicted person, friends, family members, and society. All these experiences happily lead me to want a degree in…

resource rooms and separate classes, general education classes, and co-enrollment classes. Separate Schools Separate schools are special schools exclusive for the deaf students only, which may be residential schools for high school students, with emphases on sign communication (with or without speech), academic and vocational courses, athletic and social programs, and special services of audiologists, counselors, and psychologists (Stinson & Kluwin, 2011). Scheetz (2012) called these schools as…

Today I learned from reflecting our third class session about how in special education it is important when doing assessments and utilizing the results into a student’s IEP (if the student is a special education student), that careful consideration has to be made prior to considering the validity of the assessment that is being used. I learned that essentially if an assessment has a reliability coefficient that is .80 to 1.00 then it would be considered reliable to use. However, if the…

people with disabilities. The actions I would take to advocate for students with disabilities are actually going into these schools and educating people about the issue of mainstreaming and inclusion. Many people are just unaware of the fact that special needs children can learn to, they just might need a little extra help. Changing their mindset can have a major affect on the school district, the world, and most importantly the students with disabilities. It only takes one to start a change…

House Rules delivers everything Picoult fans have come to expect: controversy, multiple perspectives, and a legal conflict. Jodi Picoult (2010) writes the book House Rules as a representative of the past, present, and future. The main ideas of the book are to provide information about the past of the family and how it has affected their present lives. House Rules tells the story of a family torn apart by a young man who cannot help but behave the way he does. Jacob is a 19-year-old teenager who…

In the classroom, I was observing there were two general teachers, one head teacher and one assistant teacher. The two general education teacher worked with other teachers to help the students with exceptionalities. There were wrap-around service workers in the classroom for the students who had emotional and behavior issues. The wrap-around service workers in the classroom were excellent; they were able to work with the students who were emotional and behaviorally disturbed. There were also…

I have had the opportunity to attend school with the most amazing group of students in the special needs program, most of whom I have been friends with since middle school. Working in the Partners PE class has helped me grow as an individual and provided me with amazing opportunities like connections like meeting member who work in the Applied Behavior Analysis program at UNT. Partners PE has enabled me to accomplish the goals I have set for myself in the next five years through the building of…