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Student Learning in Diverse Classrooms

Student Learning in Diverse Classrooms. Student Learning in Diverse Classrooms. Understanding students in a diverse classroom is one of the most important challenges in teaching. What is a disability?.

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Student Learning in Diverse Classrooms

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  1. Student Learning in Diverse Classrooms

  2. Student Learning in Diverse Classrooms Understanding students in a diverse classroom is one of the most important challenges in teaching

  3. What is a disability? Definitions differ because of differences in attitudes, beliefs, orientation, discipline and culture Fed. Govt elected to define disabilities by using a categorical approach Public Law 105-17 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (reauthorized 3 times) 1990 Education for all Handicapped Children Act (EHA)

  4. IDEA Categories Autism Deafness Hearing impairment Multiple disabilities Other health impairment Speech or language impairment Visual impairment Deaf-blindness Emotional disturbance Mental retardation Orthopedic impairment Specific learning disability Traumatic brain injury

  5. ADA Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Federal disability antidiscrimination legislation passed in 1990 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

  6. Origins of Special Education See “The Origins of Special Education: The Story of Itard and Victor” Edouard Seguin 1846 “The Moral Treatment, Hygiene and Education of Idiots and Other Backward Children” Montessori in Italy Samuel Gridley Howe 1832 Asylum for the Blind (Perkins Institute1848 Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Children Elizabeth Farrell 1898

  7. Why a National Special Education Law More than 8M children with disabilities Needs not being met More than half do not receive appropriate educational services 1M are excluded entirely from the education system Children throughout the US participating in regular school programs whose handicaps prevent them from having a successful experience Lack of services force families to find services outside of the local public school

  8. Developments in training of teachers and in diagnostic instructional procedures and methods have advanced to the point that with funding schools can provide effective special education State and local educational agencies have a responsibility to provide education for all children with disabilities It is in the interest of the Federal Government

  9. Special Education Special Education: Individualized education for children and youth with special needs Related services: a part of special education that includes services from professionals from a wide range of disciplines typically outside of education, all designed to meet the learning needs of individual children with disabilities

  10. Related services Adaptive PE teachers Counselors Interpreters for the deaf Physical therapists Occupational therapists Rehabilitation counselors Supervisors and administrators Work study coordinator Assistive technologists Audiologists Diagnostic Staff Paraprofessionals (aids) Psychologists Recreational therapists School Social Workers Vocational education teachers

  11. Special Education: 8 provisions Free appropriate public education(FAPE) Parental rights to notification of evaluation and placement decisions including right to due process in the event of a disagreement Individualized education and services to all children with disabilities Provision of necessary related services Individualized assessment Individualized education program (IEP) plans Education provided to the fullest extent possible in the least restrictive environment (LRE) Federal money to offset cost

  12. Least Restrictive Environment LRE To the maximum extent possible children with disabilities are educated with their peers Ensures a continuum of alternative placements Provides for supplementary services (resource room or itinerant instruction) in conjunction with general education Is individually determined and is based on evaluations of the student Is evaluated at least annually

  13. LRE Is based on the child’s IEP Is as close to the child’s home as possible and whenever possible is at that child’s neighborhood school

  14. Free appropriate public education (FAPE) Must be based on each child’s indentified special education and related service needs Guarantees parents that special education services will be at no cost to them Is determined by the child’s unique needs, not on what is assumed by the special education category the child’s been assigned Ensures there is no delay in implementing a child’s individualized education plan once it has been developed.

  15. Special education yes or no Is ineffective and unnecessary Is discriminatory Segregates children from their peers Serves too many children Should include all students with ADHD Is too expensive and places too much burden on local schools Unequally protects children who are violent and present discipline problems.

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