Dec 2008 How do I become a Special Needs Assistant? Special Needs Assistants. Job Description Special Needs Assistants are recruited specifically to assist schools in providing the necessary non–teaching services to pupils with assessed educational needs. Their duties are assigned by the Principal acting on behalf of the Board of Management. Their work is supervised either by the Principal or another teacher as determined by the Principal. Those duties involve tasks of a non-teaching nature
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Assignment 2 Outline current policies and legislation relating to children and how these affect your practice. 1989 The Children Act States that the Local Authority has ‘a duty to investigate when there is reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering‚ or is likely to suffer‚ significant harm’‚ section 47 The Welfare of the child is paramount regarding his/her upbringing. Parental rights duties and obligations are outlined. Provisions are made regarding fostering‚ adoption‚ child minding
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Gustavo Valencia SPE-226 12-08-2014 Kimber Underdown Educating Special Needs Students A good dedicated passionate teacher is the one who thinks that all students can succeed. With this belief‚ teachers can inspire themselves to find any route possible to help the students in having a successful life in school and anywhere else. When it comes to special education‚ this belief really needs to be a true one because special education teachers will have to deal not only with behavioral students or students
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Prisoners with Special Needs In today’s society‚ jails are starting to incarcerate more and more special needs prisoners. For example‚ the mentally ill‚ and substance abusing prisoners. This number is growing faster and faster and will leave behind the prison system if something is not done to make sure that these prisoners are treated the right way. Several people argue the fact that they are there because they committed a crime. They also argue the point of why should they
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Thursday‚ September 17‚ I went to Hillcrest Elementary/Visual Performing and Arts School to observe Mrs. Mary Jackson’s music class. When I got there the students were sitting in their chair and learning about the music notes AGF. I saw two Special Education Teachers in the class and they told me that they were here to help the exceptional students. These notes are short notes and high pitch notes. After the lecture‚ Mrs. Jackson had the student watch and learn the song “Fiddle Eye Fee” in which
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As a Pre-K‚ special needs teacher I am aware of the struggles associated with inclusion of all children within a mainstream classroom. As the aunt of a sixteen-year-old nephew with autism I am also aware of the struggles that my sister and brother-in-law have encountered on their quest to give my nephew the best life possible. Inclusion of all students within the classroom has all too often become a struggle for the parents‚ teachers and unfortunately the student with special needs. I am in my
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I had the pleasure of visiting Mrs. McCotter’s Autistic classroom. I arrived at 1:00 PM on Tuesday‚ November 27th. Her classroom is at Ealy Elementary in West Bloomfield‚ which has a wonderful special education program. I chose to observe in an autistic classroom because it is something I had never experienced before until now. The classroom was incredibly nice and everyone was so welcoming! The classroom is arranged with a variety of stations. There is the play station‚ the movement station‚ their
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Educating Special Needs Students Today with so many children being born with some type of disability it is essential that schools are equipped to educate them in regular classrooms. There are many challenges children with disabilities faces and the greatest one is the myth that they cannot learn. With the appropriate instructions provided by certified special education teachers they can learn as well as the ones with disabilities. Their disabilities may range from mental retardation‚ autism‚ hearing
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Question 1 Outline current policies and legislation relating to children and how these affect your practice. Whether you are a headteacher‚ teacher or teaching assistant you have a vital part to play in protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people in your care. Below are some of the policies and legislation that all education professionals should be aware and inform their practice accordingly. The ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ document (2006 revised 2010) looks
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Special Educational needs Formative assessment What have been the main models of disability recognised since the Second World War? Discuss how these different attitudes to disability might affect the intervention and support offered to young children with SEN. Disabled and special educational needs(SEN) children have been seen to go through a vast amount of change through the eyes of the government legislations and policies‚ society and schooling since the second world war. There have been a
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