a. Identify the most crucial issues that impact students from differing backgrounds in special education. Discuss each issue‚ its implications and possible solutions or directions. This issue is very complex because of the multiple aspects that involve identification‚ learning‚ teaching and assessment for groups with different backgrounds. First‚ educators should always be aware that respecting and appreciating each and every culture is important for the students to build pride of their heritage
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coursework through the Alternate Teacher Certification Program and my current position as an instructional aide at a rural middle school in Texas‚ I became concerned that strategies utilized with achieving the goals of the Individualized Education Plan for certain special education students were leading to instances of learned helplessness. I believe that this is not due so much to poor teaching techniques or unskilled paraprofessionals as it is a result of the misuse of educational strategies that could
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over-identification of struggling students as special education students. It was developed starting in the late 1970s by numerous researchers seeking a method of identifying learning disabilities that avoids the problems of the discrepancy model. Many educators were concerned that too many students were being identified as having a learning disability‚ not because they actually had one‚ “but because they had not been successful in a general education program” (Prasse‚ 2010). Many were also concerned
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The World Health Organization published guidelines for the International Classification of Functioning‚ Disability and Health (ICF) in 2001‚ which the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) adopted as a framework for assessing and intervening. The purpose of the ICF is to provide a familiar language when describing human functioning and disability‚ and to provide the framework when gathering data and measuring clinical results. Additionally‚ the classification of the ICF complements
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the philosophy for educating students with disabilities in general education settings” (Salend‚ 2001‚ p.43). Inclusive education means that all students in a school‚ regardless of their strengths or weaknesses in any area become part of the school community. As indicated by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act‚ “a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) is mandated for students with disabilities. The placement
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The Homestead Act of 1862 made surveyed lands obtainable to homesteaders. The act stated that men and women over the age of 21‚ unmarried women who were head of households and married men under the age of 21‚ who did not own over 160 acres of land anywhere‚ were citizens or intended on becoming citizens of the United States‚ were eligible to homestead. This paper will show how the Homestead Act came to be enacted‚ who the homesteaders were and the effects of the Homestead Act on the pioneers
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National Capital Region (NCR) Court junks liquor makers’ bid to halt increase in excise taxes MANILA - A local court on January 16 denied liquor makers’ bid to halt the implementation of rules raising excise taxes on distilled spirits‚ the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said on Thursday. In a statement‚ the BIR said the regional trial court (RTC) in the National Capital Region (NCR) denied a petition for a temporary restraining order (TRO) filed by the Distilled Spirits Association of the
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who are having difficulties in the general education classroom but has not been placed into the special education class. This comprehensive‚ interagency system is called Together We Grow. Together We Grow has two parts 1) - the Infant-Toddler Program for children birth to three & 2) the Preschool Program for children ages three to five.” The early intervention system of services is provided under federal law‚ the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Part C of the IDEA provides the federal
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CHS203 Post University 07/02/2014 Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams are responsible for the identification‚ assessments‚ design‚ and implementation of the individualized programs. The IEP team is composed of the child parents‚ at least one regular education and one special education teacher other individuals from the school and district and the student when appropriate (Deiner‚ 2013‚ p.112). The U.S. Department of Education approved new federal regulations governing the implementation
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That is why the education program needs those teachers who are more than willing enough to stand up for them. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was established in 1975 to ensure that children with disabilities have the opportunity to receive free and appropriate education in a public school setting (Webb & Jordan‚ 2013). Along with the IDEA the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) comes into play. “The IDEA requires that the student receive the special education service in the
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