I was born and raised in Washington D.C. As a child‚ I attended an elementary school called Thurgood Marshall. I was placed in Montessori at the age of three and from there my education began to develop. Around the age of five or six‚ reading became a challenge for me. I struggle with pronouncing words and comprehending what I had previously read. For instance‚ in the first grade my teacher would pick students to read sections of the mini pages in the Washington Post Newspaper. One day‚ I was one
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Ms. Hoover Graduation Project 16 August 2013 Working with Children with Special Needs According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ about one in every 33 babies born is the United States‚ is born with a birth defect or developmental disability. Birth defects cause changes in one or more parts of the body and can have serious and adverse effects on the developing child. The defect can cause a permanent disability that affects health‚ functional ability and/or cognitive ability. Defects can
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Paper Two: Case Study Analysis This paper will analyze the findings presented within Harry‚ Klinger‚ & Cramer?s Case Studies of Minority Student Placement in Special Education. The paper will focus specifically upon the case of Robert and his mother‚ Jacintha‚ who face several administration based obstacles within their interactions with faculty at South Park Elementary School who attempt to identify Robert as emotionally disturbed. Summary South Park Elementary School serves a large minority
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Working with children with special needs E1) explain the social model and the medical model of disability The ‘Social Model’ states that all children have individual needs but also has strengths‚ skills and preferences. It provides inclusive environments as a starting point for all children. It looks at the environment as a whole and attitudes towards disability and considers that it might be the ‘problem’ that needs fixing rather than the child. By using this approach‚ the children who would have
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diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth. Being a family friend‚ I have been around Christopher on occasion for a few years now. His big smiles and hugs or silly dances can brighten up anyone’s day. In fact he is one of the reasons I decided to peruse special education. Christopher was first officially diagnosed with Down syndrome upon being born. Alyssa‚ mother of Chris‚ told that she and her husband had no idea that their son would be born with this disability. She said the doctors had indicated that he
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is my position that children who are disabled shouldn’t attend special needs schools. Disabled children shouldn’t go to Special Needs Schools because those schools will separate the disabled children from the nondisabled children. The schools will prevent a lot of bullying because the kids won’t be as "different” but‚ there will still be bullying. And also because even though special needs schools have a full staff of teachers with experience with working with disabled children‚ mainstream schools
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Readymade Speeches‚ Expressions and Letters for the Students Compère (anchoring)___________________________________________________________________ Compère (anchor) plays a vital role in making an event successful. An anchor of the event canradiate energy by being lively‚ by using the right tone and modulation‚ by using impressiveexpressions‚ by using the right body language‚ by dressing sensibly etc. Here are some tips given forthe anchors: Tips for the Anchors: 1.Some Anchors tend to give importance
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Two Main Theories of Special Education There are two main theories to special education. One is the cascade of services and the other is the inclusion theory. I will discuss some of the advantages as well as some of the disadvantages of both theories. I will also discuss which theory I believe in and why. Evelyn Deno developed the cascade of services in 1970. It is the outline of the continuum of placement options. There are seven levels to the cascade and they serve as a diagnostic filter. The
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University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity BSHS 421 Special People/Special Needs Mental illness is a special need within itself; couple that with being a minority‚ specifically an African American‚ and the problem increases. The following paper will display examples and data portraying the difficulty that African Americans face when seeking mental health services‚ particularly for schizophrenia. Also included will be assessment techniques‚ intervention strategies and treatment planning. According
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The first New Zealand Education Act was passed in 1877 and provided the basis for a free and universal education available for all children‚ covering 13 years of primary and secondary schooling. The educational system in New Zealand was essentially a central system. Funds are provided by the central government where teachers are trained in government colleges of education and the curriculum content and standards are determined nationally. The system was developed primarily on the basis of trends
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