Samantha Reed EXE 100 Project One I interviewed a special education teacher who has taught at North Tonawanda High School for 25 years. Her current caseload involves two classes of resource room in which all students have an Individual Education Plan (IEP). They have classifications of learning disabled‚ emotionally disturbed‚ other health impairment‚ and hearing impaired. They are all also enrolled in general education classes and some integrated co-teaching classes. In the resource room she works
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Discipline in High School and Elementary Education Grand Canyon University: SPE-350 January 10‚ 2014 When it comes to special education‚ discipline is a major concern in this area because many students are incessantly being expelled for their behavior issues that are caused by their disabilities. With the previous law students were excluded from school and received long suspension time because of their behavioral problems but when the new law was passed in 2004 students that are disable‚
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Due Process and Parental Rights: Deal v. Hamilton County Board of Education Grand Canyon University: SPE 350 28 October 2012 Due Process and Parental Rights: Deal v. Hamilton County Board of Education In 2004 the case of Deal v. Hamilton County Board of Education was coming to a close after reaching the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Ohio. Within this essay‚ detailed examination of this case‚ along with issues that developed the case‚ disagreement points‚ parties involved
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who is a Special Education teacher at Homewood High School here in Homewood‚ Alabama. Mrs. Pearson attended The University of Alabama where she majored in Psychology and minored in Biology. Mrs. Pearson began working at Homewood High School in 2006 with an emergency teacher’s certification in Special Education. Mrs. Pearson later received a Master’s in Special Education in 2008 from The University of Montevallo. Mrs. Pearson started the interview by asking what field of education I was pursuing and
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the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004‚ on the Education of Children with Disabilities Abstract Education is regarded as a fundamental right in the United States. Up until the 1970’s‚ however‚ children with disabilities were being denied this right. Congress passed landmark legislation to redress this injustice‚ beginning with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973‚ and culminating with the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. These new federal laws strived
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the early identification of a student’s possible learning disabilities. The RTI process begins using a higher instruction and screening of all students in a general education classroom. Those that showed they were struggling are given specific interventions at different levels to accelerate their pace of learning. The special education team monitors a student’s progress to collect data and assess the learning rate and performance. The RTI has two main purposes. The RTI process is used to ensure that
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Investigating Special Education Internet Resources Rhonda A. Gardner Grand Canyon University SPE-330 February 17‚ 2013 INVESTIGATING SPECIAL EDUCATION INTERNET RESOURCES TABLE OF CONTENTS Community………………………………………………………………………................. 4 The Tulsa Area Alliance on Disabilities …………………………………… 4 Tulsa Kids for Parents. For Families. For Life………………………………….. 4 United Way ……………………………………………………………………… 5 The Special Olympics ……………………………………………………………
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SPED Team Grand Canyon University SPED Team Intellectual disabilities (ID) in education require proper planning‚ collaboration‚ communication‚ accommodations‚ modified lessons‚ and detailed individualized instructions. Intellectual disabilities affect many aspect of a person daily life with a variety of emotional‚ mental‚ social‚ and physical characteristics (Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation‚ n.d.). Intellectual disabilities are also known as mental retardation (National
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difficult process of an IEP and to ensure that the child receives the services and resources needed at the school. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation. IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention‚ special education and related services to more than 6.5 million eligible infants‚ toddlers‚ children and youth with disabilities (IDEA‚ 2004). Since most parents are not
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with Down syndrome at birth. Being a family friend‚ I have been around Christopher on occasion for a few years now. His big smiles and hugs or silly dances can brighten up anyone’s day. In fact he is one of the reasons I decided to peruse special education. Christopher was first officially diagnosed with Down syndrome upon being born. Alyssa‚ mother of Chris‚ told that she and her husband had no idea that their son would be born with this disability. She said the doctors had indicated that he had
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