WISC IV Assessment Report

In this chapter, there were countless things that were new to me. The major thing that stands out is all the assessment and other factors that are taken into consideration before diagnosing an intellectual disability. There is a lot more to this process than simply determining their IQ score or giving them the WISC IV assessment. The thing that surprised me is that with these students they main mode of direct instruction is coming from paraprofessionals. As someone who once held this role, it never really dawned on me. Now that I consider all the social skills that were taught amidst daily conversations, practical skills, and independence as a paraprofessional you really do get a lot more “teaching” time than the teacher. These two thing will help me greatly in the future, to
I think that these stories are unfortunately in the minority, but it does the heart good to hear them. It surprises me that this doesn’t happen more. I understand that “regular” education classroom teachers are not equipped and had not planned on having anything to do with special education, but that I why I loved reading about the collaboration between the special education teacher and the classroom teacher. The thing I found new and surprising what that deaf-blindness is its own category under IDEA. It was shocking because it really is a low incidence population, but the need for educators for those specific needs are high. This chapter gave me a lot of information about the various assessments or more about the varieties of assistive technology that is out there. I really enjoyed the video link about Rhonda and her “neat eater”. This just shows how having a good attitude and wanting independence can really transform an individual with disabilities life. I would love to learn more about the varieties of assistive technology that is out. I am in some respects a “geek” so those kinds of things really interest