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    receptive language‚ phonemes‚ morphemes‚ and semantics. Students who exhibit a language disorder may have chronic problems that can be related to any of the disorders listed above. However when students have a language disorder that cannot be identified they are referred to having specific language impairments or SLIs. Some students will have language delays‚ aphasia and even CAPDs which is central auditory processing disorders. Students that do not have a hearing loss‚ but their brains are not

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    incarceration and overrepresentation issue with primarily the minority groups. The “failure” of the Canadian criminal justice system toward the Aboriginal people are the most evident through the overrepresentation of Aboriginal individuals in provincial and federal prisons. In 2013-2014 Aboriginal adults accounted for one in four admissions to provincial/territorial prisons‚ while only representing 3% of the Canadian adult population. There are many theories as to why this evident overrepresentation exists

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    efforts to educate all students? Students from some racial and ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to be disproportionately placed in special education programs and classes according to the reading. Teachers can fix Disproportionate in the school system with the right observation in the classroom. The IDEA is designed to guarantee that children with disabilities receive a free public education. Schools must have procedures to determine if the child needs special education services. There are

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    Disproportionality in Special Education has been a longstanding and frustrating problem across the county since its creation in 1975 with the signing of Public Law 94-142 by President Gerald Ford. Of the groups and degree studied‚ the most attention has been given to the overrepresentation of African-Americans‚ particularly in the categories of Emotional Disturbance and Mental Retardation. However‚ a group and degree studied much less frequently is the underrepresentation of Asian-Americans in Special

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    Identify the most crucial issues that impact students from differing backgrounds in special education. Discuss each issue‚ its implications and possible solutions or directions. This issue is very complex because of the multiple aspects that involve identification‚ learning‚ teaching and assessment for groups with different backgrounds. First‚ educators should always be aware that respecting and appreciating each and every culture is important for the students to build pride of their heritage‚ and also

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    teachers are‚ or soon will be‚ teaching in classrooms that include students with disabilities. It is becoming increasingly unacceptable to limit the number of teachers in a school who have the skills to teach disabled students to only a few special education teachers. Regular teachers too must know how to teach such students to read‚ write‚ communicate and achieve to the highest educational standards. Excellent education is education that is excellent for all. Children come from all racial‚ ethnic

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    are learning and growing‚ like to play and hang out with friends their age‚ and need the love and stability a permanent home provides. However‚ the foster care system has faults that require reform. Racial disproportionality has become apparent in the foster care system. Disproportionality is “the level to which groups of children represent in the child welfare system at higher or lower percents/rates than their presence in the general population”. Moreover‚ it reveals that “unequal

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    school has special education roster of 32 students in self contain with over 90% of the students being African-American. This paper will address the large number African-American students in the special education system. Attention will be focus on the social economic roles that play a part in placement. When done properly and in appropriate perspective‚ special education is beneficial for students with a real disability‚ but special education services are inappropriate when a student receives it

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    S English 102 Special Education Special education is defection in term is an alternative learning style for students with academic‚ behavioral‚ health or physical needs in traditional educational format. The age range of these students is from age three to twenty two years of age. There are many programs that help these ligament children receive a fair educational experience that they may live on their own and be set up for success. In public schools the program or education is paid for by the

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    CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS OF DISABILITY The contemporary conception of disability proposed in the WHO International Classification of Functioning‚ Disability and Health (ICF) views disability as an umbrella term for impairments‚ activity limitations and participation restrictions. Disability is the interaction between individuals with a health condition (e.g. cerebral palsy‚ Down syndrome or depression) and personal and environmental factors (e.g. negative attitudes‚ inaccessible transportation‚ or

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