DPE Goal Instruction: Working With Students With Intellectual Disabilities
DPE Goal Instruction
Beckie Johnson
Grand Canyon University: SPE: 553
8/12/2013
DPE Goal Instruction
The keys to success in working with students with Intellectual Disabilities are the instructional organization and the delivery. Instructing these students cannot be done in an unorganized setting but rather in a detailed oriented manner, with goals in place so that the student gets the maximum out of the class that they should. Taking into account their disability when planning the learning instruction has to be paramount in the instructors mind from start.
Because of the unique learning traits of students with ID, the procedures used to instruct these students is probably not the same way you would teach a student …show more content…
We as educators need to make sure we are using the appropriate procedures needed for the instructional purposes the impact of ID can be witnessed in many ways, not the least of which involves loss to short-term memory. Due to the lack of metacognitive processes or the ability to use the information from learning to apply it to another skill in these students’ teachers and educators need to find ways to improve a student’s short term and long term memory (Intellectual Disability, 2011). Despite the seemingly challenging task associated with improving memory in students with ID, researchers have suggested that enhancements in short-term and long-term memory can be reached. The transmission and simplification of knowledge and skills is predominantly difficult for individuals with ID, which is why planning for it is very significant. Students lacking in these skills will have difficulty using the knowledge and skills needed in one situation and then apply them to other situations. Teaching without preparation defeats the purpose of this instruction in the first place. It is really essential to anything that is taught to any student in really all aspects of life from school, to life, to sports and their future. If you do not plan and are not taught how to plan then many students are just being set up for …show more content…
With the information that I wrote about previously it is imperative with the variety and limitations imposed on an individual 's ID, an individualized curriculum is needed that can be modified to each student 's situational and family needs. The different mechanisms take into account all the available information about the student and their/abilities, and matches it against their life goals (Heward, 2014). Using all the data that a team or educator collects on a student a more defined life goal can be set and achieved if taught in a highly directional oriented manner. Progress can be monitored and evaluated on a formative basis. The DPE approach is one that is used for accomplishing the goals of an IEP and thus should be used in that manner and not in replacement of a student’s IEP. This is an effective means to and ends for students who have an IEP to help them achieve the success they
Beckie Johnson
Grand Canyon University: SPE: 553
8/12/2013
DPE Goal Instruction
The keys to success in working with students with Intellectual Disabilities are the instructional organization and the delivery. Instructing these students cannot be done in an unorganized setting but rather in a detailed oriented manner, with goals in place so that the student gets the maximum out of the class that they should. Taking into account their disability when planning the learning instruction has to be paramount in the instructors mind from start.
Because of the unique learning traits of students with ID, the procedures used to instruct these students is probably not the same way you would teach a student …show more content…
We as educators need to make sure we are using the appropriate procedures needed for the instructional purposes the impact of ID can be witnessed in many ways, not the least of which involves loss to short-term memory. Due to the lack of metacognitive processes or the ability to use the information from learning to apply it to another skill in these students’ teachers and educators need to find ways to improve a student’s short term and long term memory (Intellectual Disability, 2011). Despite the seemingly challenging task associated with improving memory in students with ID, researchers have suggested that enhancements in short-term and long-term memory can be reached. The transmission and simplification of knowledge and skills is predominantly difficult for individuals with ID, which is why planning for it is very significant. Students lacking in these skills will have difficulty using the knowledge and skills needed in one situation and then apply them to other situations. Teaching without preparation defeats the purpose of this instruction in the first place. It is really essential to anything that is taught to any student in really all aspects of life from school, to life, to sports and their future. If you do not plan and are not taught how to plan then many students are just being set up for …show more content…
With the information that I wrote about previously it is imperative with the variety and limitations imposed on an individual 's ID, an individualized curriculum is needed that can be modified to each student 's situational and family needs. The different mechanisms take into account all the available information about the student and their/abilities, and matches it against their life goals (Heward, 2014). Using all the data that a team or educator collects on a student a more defined life goal can be set and achieved if taught in a highly directional oriented manner. Progress can be monitored and evaluated on a formative basis. The DPE approach is one that is used for accomplishing the goals of an IEP and thus should be used in that manner and not in replacement of a student’s IEP. This is an effective means to and ends for students who have an IEP to help them achieve the success they