...Bullying Special Needs Children in the Classroom Special needs children are very dear to my heart. My mom is a mental health therapist and seeing what she does, helping young teens with special needs, has made me want to follow in her footsteps. I am majoring in Communications to be a speech therapist for children with special disabilities such as Down syndrome. Such children are targeted for bullying for various reasons like size, behavior sexual orientation, or their appearance. Bullying affects students and their once in a lifetime social and school experiences. It can degenerate a child’s performance, self-esteem, and future efforts. The day we treat all bullying the same, is the day when school settings will become safer. Speech and language therapists manage people who have disorders with speech, language, communication, and also swallowing in adults and children. Speech and language therapists (SLTs) are relative health professionals who work with parents, teachers, nurses, and many more. They work in certain areas such as hospital wards, clients ‘homes, prisons, and the list goes on. SLT’s also work closely with babies who have difficulty swallowing and feeding. SLTs also work with children who have mild, moderate or severe learning difficulties and voice disorders such as Down syndrome. They also work with adults who have communication or eating and swallowing problems following neurological impairments and degenerative conditions, including stroke, head injury, Parkinson's...
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...Journal Special Needs Children Require Special Planning Special needs children require special planning in case of an emergency situation; and establishing a plan to care for your child who has special needs is a serious matter. If parents with special needs children fail to make plans ahead of time, and an unexpected emergency arises, local state and federal programs are available to assist and care for special needs children. In addition, private organizations can help with long term care. A trust fund can also be arranged that will explain how to care for the special needs child, and consulting a financial advisor in order to appropriately get the best way to go about the planning is best. If parents of a special needs child did not plan in advance to already have decisions made in case of the death of the parent(s). Due to various medical insurance policies requiring health information on the patient, it is a good idea to try to find the right coverage for your special needs child early. Another consideration for your special needs child is to seek information on establishing a protective trust account for your special needs child. An finally, keep a “Personal Note Book” explaining everything that you can think of about your special needs child that will be useful for someone who is unfamiliar with your child’s needs. For example, medications, foods, allergies, favorite colors, favorite clothing...
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...Thompson Literature Review Special needs individuals are not different from everyone they just need a little extra help along their way. This population has to have mediation because there are many who cannot speak for themselves. They need the help from a neutral person so that they can discuss complications that they may be dealing with without judgment. Advocacy is a necessity too because that individual needs a person to stand by their side and help them fight for what is right. In todays society people only care about themselves. This hinders those that have special needs because they also need people to think about how a person with special needs can do the same task. Just because an individual has a special does not mean that they cannot do what everyone else can. Advocacy would come in at this point because they are there to be on that individuals’ side and help them. The Special Education Advocacy is located in New England. They state on their web page "I implore you to see with a child's eyes, to hear with a child's ears, and to listen with a child's heart" (Special Education Advocacy, 2009). This is a very powerful statement and draws individuals in because they want that personal experience that they are offering. For the mediation services that they offer it is stated that they have “unbiased mediation for families experiencing conflict due to family special needs responsibilities, resolution of guardianship agreements...
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...Education, Discrimination, and Politics in a Special Needs World Education is an essential corner stone in our society. Education creates livelihood, piece of mind, a stable society, and well-rounded individuals. The unfortunate fact is that many of our children lack the proper education they need in order to become full functioning adults in today’s society. What are even worse are the children with special needs that get left behind. In order to address special needs students and others that fall behind in the education system, we need to define what special needs are, where they fit in society, and finally what the future holds for them. What do we consider as “special” in students? Special education is identified as “the education of children who deviate socially, mentally, or physically from the average to such an extent that they require major modifications of usual school practices.” (Encyclopedia Britannica Online, 2005, p.1). We can go a step further and define “special needs” to a more specific group of people. According to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997,”students with disabilities include those with mental retardation, hearing impairments, speech or language impairments, visual impairments, serious emotional disturbance, orthopedic impairments, autism, other health impairments, or specific learning disabilities.” (Warger, 1999, p.1). There are laws in place by our government that allow special provisions for people with disabilities...
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...Special Needs Lora D. Purcell SOC120 Instructor Sue Meckert February 20, 2012 Beginning a new career choice at my age; has been a bit overwhelming. I have had to write many challenging papers. This paper for SOC120 has been especially difficult for me to write. I could not relate to the topics my instructor gave us to choose from, none of them clicked with me. We were given permission to write about any topic, as long it was okay with her. I chose a topic that is very dear and passionate to me, special needs children. That is why it becomes difficult for me to write theory based papers, I write from my heart and tend to forget to add the theoretical points to my paper. I hope to share how my thoughts on the subject of special needs will be informative and will enlighten the reader. Trying to inform the public of the special needs environment is a challenge. People need to be taught how to react and respect them, along with family members that care for them. As it is stated; America is a wonderful melting pot of cultural diversity. I believe that the majority of people are open minded and try to be fair. Something happens, though, when some people come in contact with adults and kids with disabilities. It is understandable to be fearful of the unknown. (1) The community I live in is becoming more aware of how they should react and respond to the special...
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...Cynthia.Hernandez.SPE.226.M.4 Essay module 4 Education Special Needs Children Many students and individuals with special needs go through so many experiences throughout their childhood and onto adulthood undergoing so many transitions. Some will always need the help of not only family and friends but of health professionals. On the other side, some of these individuals will be able to make it through on their own depending on the severity of their condition. A lot of the people with severe disabilities usually have multiple disabilities and others have mild disabilities that are caused by mothers who neglect themselves and put their lives and the lives of their own children by abusing alcohol and or drugs. These disabilities can be prevented for some of these women. Autism is also disabilities that till now, professionals do not know the exact fact of the causation but may be hereditary. Autism is a disorder, that is usually diagnosed prior to age three and some of the characteristics of this disorder is extreme withdrawal from others, self-stimulation, intellectual deficits and language disorders. Individuals with this disability might have a hard time with social interaction and it can also affect educational performance. These children also have a very hard time with any kind of change of their daily routines and can get very aggravated. There is a major impact on the educational emphasis and these students because of the critical and very important curriculum that...
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...with special needs in our communities in Ghana today, who like any other children, must have the opportunity to go to school. The term special needs or children with special needs refers to individual learners whose needs arise from physical, emotional, sensory, behavioural and intellectual conditions that have a long-term adverse effect on their ability to access the regular education facilities. This includes individuals with various disabilities such the mentally retarded, the hearing and visually impaired, and the learning disabled individuals. In the olden days, children with special needs had their education mainly in the few segregated special schools spread across the country. However, owing to the fast growing number of individuals with disability, it is now common to find a good number of them in the regular schools in the various communities. The result was that educationists began exploring various educational arrangements including mainstreaming, integration and inclusion that could bring together both disabled and non-disabled individuals in the same classroom to pursue the same school curriculum. Inclusive education is a concept that allows pupils with special needs to be placed in the regular or mainstream classes to be taught by mainstream teachers. Inclusion, which is the most current perspective in education, is the combination of pupils with and without disabilities in one classroom. Thus pupils with special needs are placed...
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...Educating Special Needs Students Educating Special Needs Students Successful teaching, in general, calls for creativity, patience, flexibility, patience, expertise and a lot of patience. Successful teaching of special needs students magnifies the importance of these traits even more so. Mental retardation, autism, severe and even multiple disabilities, while posing additional impact and challenges on the education process for students, these issues are in no way insurmountable. Well thought out curriculum plans implemented through special policy, services, and programs are necessary to ensure that any student has every opportunity available to them for a successful education experience that will carry through beyond their student years. Mental retardation is descriptive of a disability that includes both intellectual as well as behavioral problems and until recently, was often used as a blanket statement to cover a wide variety, if not all, disabilities. In 2006, The American Association on Mental Retardation changed its name to The American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAID, 2009) to reflect a change in this attitude. They state that “intellectual disability is one that is characterized by significant limits both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills (AAID, 2009). While a number of the causes of intellectual disabilities are still...
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...ability or disability, is given the right to earn his or her education. Being a special needs student should not be an excuse to be excluded from mainstream classes, schools must learn to accommodate and work with every individual student. Handicapped children deserve attention and education just like any other child because every child can learn. Special needs kids benefit from being enrolled in mainstream classes with neurotypical students. As children begin their journey of education, they get to experience socializing with a large group of kids their age. Throughout their time together, they pick up on each other's habits. This is crucial for special needs students learning. Ogden Preschool is implementing a new program that allows 30% of the classroom to be special needs (Wright...
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...Case Study: Student with Special Needs Essay Andrew Robidas Grand Canyon University UNV 555 May 14, 2014 Case Study: Student with Special Needs Essay Introduction Beginning in the mid-2000s, more than six million kids ages between six and twenty-one were receiving special education and other needed special services through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that was implemented starting in 1997. This was a twenty-five percent increase from 1993, where approximately 4.8 million children were getting special necessities. In today’s society, students who have disabilities are offered attention that is different from students who do not have disabilities in public schools and the court system. Before 1975, an administrator could refuse special services to student with disabilities if they did not exist. In 1975, Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA). In addition, Congress also reauthorized the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 1990. Both of these acts allowed disable students the opportunity to obtain a quality education, as well as prepared them for a future career and living on their own (GCU Lecture Notes 2010). The following essay identifies a problem that happened within a school regarding a disable student. It summarizes the problem and provides a thorough examination of reactions of the perceptions and conventions of those individuals involved in the problem. Finally, it discusses...
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...The Definition of Special Needs The special educational requirements of those with learning difficulties, emotional or behavioural problems or physical disabilities (Dictionary.com) Every child has basic needs (physical, emotional, social,..) but children with special needs have additional needs on top of these basic needs. Special Needs are divided into two categories: 1. High Incidence Special Needs 2. Low Incidence Special Needs High Incidence special needs are special needs that occur fairly frequently, such as Borderline general learning disability, Mild general learning disability and Specific learning disability. Low Incidence special needs are special needs that occur relatively infrequently, such as Physical disability, Hearing impairment, Visual impairment, Emotional disturbance, Autism/autistic spectrum disorders. The History of Special Needs Provision in Ireland According to Swan, the History of special needs provision in Ireland was divided into three stages; The era of neglect and denial The era of the special school The era of inclusion and/or integration In the era of neglect and denial the education of children with special needs was deemed unnecessary as the Government only recognized their needs as medical. Children were housed in asylums, hospitals and County homes. At this time the government also established the National Education System and made school attendance mandatory for all children deemed “normal”. In the...
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...Abstract This paper will discuss fire safety for special needs students. It will discuss the organizational strategy that will include the intervention, the audience, goals, measurable learning outcomes, content outline and its relationship to other elements within the course. There will be an intervention designed for the course that will include the following: the topic, the time it will take, the room setup, the interactions of the students, the media, materials, learning objectives, Gagne Level, Taxonomy Level, Instructional strategy and the assessment plans. The conclusions that are drawn will be discussed. Fire Safety for Special Needs Students Project Name: Fire Safety for Special Needs Students Project Mgr: Linda Lee Learning Intervention It appears that the students in Ms. Lee’s special education class seem to be having difficulties learning basic survival skills. The classroom for children with special needs is designed like a home. Children are taught basic survival skills so that they will know what to do in an emergency. During a recent fire drill, the students held their hands over their ears instead of lining up at the door. Once we got them to the door we told them we are now going outside and four of the students turned toward the gym instead of toward the door that had been opened for them. In another case, while role-playing, the students were told that a classmate’s dress was on fire and was asked what to do, instead of answering...
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...debate that has been occurring for years is whether or not special needs students should either be included or excluded from exiting assessment testing for graduation. There are facts that show that these students should be exempt because the tests that are being used to not test the students true knowledge. The standardized tests are based on normal student knowledge on what was being taught and that their comprehension skills are normal. Special needs student should not be exempt from testing to graduate as this will give the student a higher level of self esteem. The bureaucrats and politicians are directing on what students have to due to pass to each grade or to graduate. They are not taking into consideration the special needs student like student that have English as a second language. Bureaucrats and politicians have placed on school some unreasonable requirement that no child be left behind but they do not given the school districts the freedom to achieve this. Schools have to show improvements in such a short time frame that it places undue stress on the principles, teacher and students. All special needs student need to be included in testing for advancement and graduation to make these students able to obtain jobs in the future. According to Hurren, B. L., Rutledge, M., & Garvin, A. B. (Feb 2006) the way to help these student the skills is assess the student during the year and determine what needs to be changed in the classroom. In this study a teacher Matt...
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...Special Needs. People with disabilities? Or disabled people? There are ongoing and unresolved debates about ways to talk about disability. “Defining disability is a difficult task. A multitude of perceptions surrounds the question of what constitutes a disability, and a disability to one person can be a typical part of life to the next.”(Jingwen’s article) We are aware of arguments made by some of the activist movement that “disability” is not only such a primary but such a valued aspect of identity(also of social perception).From this point of view ”disabled” doesn’t signify “damaged” identity. Brief concept of Socio-Historical Context of Disability in Canada. From the beginning able-bodied people have historically controlled where disabled people live and how they receive their basic needs. In the Middle Ages, disabled persons were usually cared by family members with support from the church and community (referred to the book).These developments were described as the charity model, which continues to have powerful impact even today. Back then the disabled person is considered an object to be pitied because he or she could neither fit into a society mainstream nor care for his or herself. In the late 18th century the tendency towards disabled people has been changed. Society response was to build large institutions where people with disabilities were accommodated. The further outcome of this movement was the full control of all daily activities and consequent loss of...
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...1. How to care for the child with a chronic condition or special needs. Give child choices, some sort of control/independence. Treat them like a normal kid. Mainstreaming: In school in a regular classroom. Do not separate these kids and make them feel different. Don’t focus on things they cannot do but rather focus on what they could do. . Use a more positive approach. Don’t focus on their chronological age because two six year olds will be different. Overall integration into society without stigmas. 2. Phases of reactions that parents go through related to a child with a chronic illness or disability 5 stages 1) Shock 2) Denial 3) Anger 4) Guilt 5) Acceptance. These 5 steps can happen over and over again. i.e., it’s prom night or communion and their child is not like all the other children and the parent may go through these steps again. 3. What is chronic sorrow? A parent dealing with a child with a chronic condition goes through the adjustment process and grief experience it does not happen in one experience. It may happen over and over again when different situations come up. Recurrent adjustment. 4. How to foster an environment of normalcy. Letting them go to a regular school, mainstreaming them, giving them control, treating them overall like a kid, not focusing on chronological age, do not compare to other kids in their age group. 5. Iron deficiency anemia Why does a child get it? We do not see it in the beginning with babies because they have iron stores...
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