Treatment and Interventions

Zablotsky, Holbrook, Danielson, & Bitsko, 2015 ). This disorder cannot be cured, but there are several in-terventions that can help with the daily symptoms one with ADHD has to deal with. While some treatment for ADHD involves medication, behavior interventions are also used as a form of treatment. ADHD can be diagnosed at the age of 3, but symptoms can start any time before 12 years of age, they can be mild moderate or severe (“Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder…

Student Demographics: B is an eight year old boy who lives with his dad and brother. B is larger and taller than most students in his classroom and his peers. He is also older and about to be 10 in 3rd grade. B’s native language is English, but it seems to be the subject he struggles with. He cannot pronounce words properly, but he can form sentences and usually comprehends his own vocabulary. He does have a speech problem, such as not being able to pronounce letters correctly such as “R’s” and…

used to describe or classify them. Sometime having a label can be negative. Throughout the education system, a child who has a label have treated differently than a child without a label. Stigma describes prejudicial attitudes toward and negative treatment of people with characteristics deemed dangerous, undesirable, or unworthy (Major and O’Brien 2005; Thornicroft et al. 2007, p. 463). Unfortunately in special education program having a label entitle a student to have the support and the…

6. How is collaborating with families and/or paraprofessionals similar to collaborating with general education teachers? How is it different? Just as in collaborating with general education teachers, collaboration with families and paraprofessionals involves creating positive relationships and open communication. Special education teachers also provide instructional support to general education teachers, this is also true for paraprofessionals and families as well. Special education teachers…

Critical response journal two is a reflective response to detailed questions and thoughts pertaining to the response to intervention (RTI) model for intervention. RTI is a multi-tier approach to the early identification, intervention, and support for struggling learners to be successful in the classroom. 1. What principles relating to learning disabilities and the use of RTI to identify them were established by the Office of Special Education Programs in 2001? In August of 2001, the Office…

Other types of Diversity can stem from student’s learning disabilities, behavioral, autistic disorders, gifted and talented to name a few. Teachers need to be able to include all diverse students in their classroom. In doing this, they can provide intervention, small group instruction, technology to accommodate them to meet their needs. If you’re an effective, caring teacher, you should be able to connect with all your students no matter their needs. When we discussed what makes lessons and…

Communication between parents and teachers is a vital part of the education process. Establishing and maintaining a strong home-school line of communication can benefit children, parents and educators. Children feeling more comfortable at school, Parents have a better understanding of their child’s development and capabilities and educators can gain increased support from families (Estes & Krogh 2012). I believe that is it important to have many avenues for home-school communication both in the…

One of the three major roles a School Psychologist is responsible for is providing interventions for their students. These interventions take three forms: academic assessment, behavior intervention, and psychological assessment. According to the New York Association of School Psychologists, in 1989 there was tremendous growth of people getting jobs as school psychologists, and a dramatically corresponding increase in the number of state associations resulted. The National Association of School…

Introduction In recent years, response to intervention (RTI) has been the focus of research, debate and educational implementation. Two scholarly journal articles were analyzed and synthesized to deepen this writer’s understanding of Response to Intervention. It is not known if or to what extent Reading Recovery (RR) and Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy (DIBELS) impact the reading levels of students who were reading below grade level. Both articles revealed the authors’ purpose,…

This article entitled, “English Language Learners and Response to Intervention: Referral Considerations” is about how to assess whether or not an ELL student has a learning disability or just an English proficiency problem. It starts out with information about a response to intervention model and the steps needed to take to ensure that these students are properly assessed. The RTI model integrates a multitier preventive instructional system that uses evidence-based data to make a decision of…