Working with your partner, you will create a post under your assigned disability category that addresses the following questions:
1. How is your disability defined by the federal and state laws?
2. What are the develomental characteristics of persons with this disability? (This would include cognitive, social, emotional, and physical, as well as levels of functioning.)
3. If you were a teacher in a general education classroom, what information and strategies would help you best support a child with this disability? This would include academic support as well as social support.
4. What resources would help you as a teacher to serve this child? (This would include websites, agencies, people within your school; a two to three line description is required for each resource.)
If you have a disability that is large, such as social and emotional disorders, the larger category has been broken down into two subparts (internalizing and externalizing disorders). You should provide summary information about the broad disability as a whole (social and emotional disorders), but provide specific information about your subpart for the four focus questions listed above.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Reviewing your peers research-post assignment
Individual Activity:
After reading a post about a disability different than the one you were assigned, please answer the following and return your response via email to Dr. May:
1) What would a child with this disability bring to your classroom? Strengths and challenges.
2) Name at least three things you learned that a teacher might use to support a child with this disability in the classroom. (These may be academic, social, emotional, physical, communication.)
3) Were there any behaviors you learned teachers should avoid with these students because they would not support or exclude them?
4) Name at least one resource you read about that you felt was important for teachers and name why was it helpful.
After reading a post about a disability different than the one you were assigned, please answer the following and return your response via email to Dr. May:
1) What would a child with this disability bring to your classroom? Strengths and challenges.
2) Name at least three things you learned that a teacher might use to support a child with this disability in the classroom. (These may be academic, social, emotional, physical, communication.)
3) Were there any behaviors you learned teachers should avoid with these students because they would not support or exclude them?
4) Name at least one resource you read about that you felt was important for teachers and name why was it helpful.
Pervasive Developmental Disabilities
The topics of autism and asperger's disorder will post their research here.
Low Incidence Disabilities
The topics of deaf-blindness and traumatic brain disorder will post their research in this area.
Social and Emotional Disorders
The topics of conduct disorders and generalized anxiety/school phobia will post their research here.
Learning Disabilities
The topics of reading and math learning disabilities will post their research here.
Mental Retardation
The topics of Down Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome will post their research here.
Chronic Health Impairments and Illnesses
The topics of cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and juvenile diabetes will post their research here.
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