pride to make it easier let the children’s laughter remind us how we use to be..." Whitney Houston once sang decades ago. One passion we as educators all share is the love for our students. Those of us who chose the path of working with special education students especially know that genuine place we have in our hearts for teaching students disabilities with learning disabilities. Over the last few decades‚ more awareness about these disabilities has florist throughout our nation. Many advocates
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Special Education To quote my initial thoughts paper “Special Education is a universal term describing education that is provided to children with a range of various disabilities.” In final thoughts‚ the answer to “What is Special Education?” is not so much changed but dramatically enhanced. Special Education is a general term to define the type of education provided to children with disabilities or other special learning considerations beyond that of the “normal” student. According to the Individuals
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National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities —. Retrieved January 12‚ 2013‚ from http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/intellectual Westling‚ D.L. & Fox‚ L. (2008). Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities. Pearson What is Special Education? (2009‚ August). Garland Independent School District. Retrieved January 12‚ 2013‚ from http://www.garlandisd.net/departments/special_education/documents/What%20is%20SPED.pdf
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student is being evaluated for special education. • When a student has been evaluated for special education but did not qualify. • When a student is “at risk” or shows a potential of dropping out. The 504 Plan: • Is not created by any set list of team members‚ but it is recommended that the parent ask to be included. • A 504 Plan is easier to qualify for and quicker to implement than an IEP. Ask for a 504 evaluation even if you are also asking for a special education evaluation. The 504 may be used
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and ongoing assessment (Kim‚ So-Yeun (2008). Most children with disabilities have an individualized education program (IEP)‚ which measures the child’s educational goals and objectives‚ levels of performance‚ and provides authorities and parents with the child’s progress report. Children that have an IEP should also have an ITP by the age of 16 to be in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2006). One purpose of the transition plan is to provide physical activities
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In 1975‚ a historic milestone was reached when the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) was established‚ which is now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This act sought to provide children with disabilities the right to a free education and related services that will be appropriate and adaptable to each child’s unique needs (IDEA‚ 2004). After an in-depth policy analysis of the IDEA‚ the argument supported in this paper is that although the IDEA has provided
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Child’s Educational Records * Letter from Parent to School requesting an evaluation for special education eligibility and services Legal Notice ("Gebser Letter") from Parent to School in Title IX Cases II. INTAKE FORMS - EdLaw CLIENTS Special Education Case Client Information Form (Due Process Cases) Initial Client Interview - Important Questions III. IEP FORMS Annotated Individualized Education Program "IEP" Form for School Age Students Annotated Notice of Recommended Educational Placement
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perspective of a particular racial or ethnic group Cultural Dissonance- mismatch that occurs between 2 people’s cultural frames Universal Design- movement toward making things including education accessible to more people Sex- biologically determined Gender- culturally determined. IEP- Individualized Education Program Main Ideas: Elements of Culture * values * behavior patterns * language * Perspective & worldviews. The Content of Instruction * Schools shaped by the
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Special Education Resources (Annotated Bibliography) Grand Canyon University SPE-529N: Special Education Foundation and Frameworks September 26‚ 2012 Special Education Resources National center for learning disabilities. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.ncld.org/ The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) is an organization that is committed to making sure that all students that are classified with a learning disability will have an opportunity to graduate from high school
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During IEP [Individualized Education Program] meetings‚ there was a translator in the meetings‚ but I did most of the translating. The translators understood Spanish but didn’t understand what an IEP was well enough to explain it to my mom while translating. I got tired of the translators‚ so I started doing translating for my mom myself. It was very stressful translating for my mom. My mom is very strict about education. To have to tell her I wasn’t doing well in
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