Computers and educational technology can be powerful tools for assisting children with special needs and disabilities. Computers can help children with attention deficit disorders focus more effectively on their learning tasks and can also assist autistic children by improving their communications and interactions with peers as they use computers together. This topic became very important to me when my cousin was born deaf. He is only three now but the assistive technology that awaits him during
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As a Pre-K‚ special needs teacher I am aware of the struggles associated with inclusion of all children within a mainstream classroom. As the aunt of a sixteen-year-old nephew with autism I am also aware of the struggles that my sister and brother-in-law have encountered on their quest to give my nephew the best life possible. Inclusion of all students within the classroom has all too often become a struggle for the parents‚ teachers and unfortunately the student with special needs. I am in my
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PHONICS AND DECODING 1 LEARNING OUR PHONICS Keith D. James EDU371: Phonics Based Reading & Decoding INSTRUCTOR: KARI PETERSON June 18‚ 2012 PHONICS AND DECODING 2 LEARNING OUR PHONICS There are many different ways and styles that can be used to ensure success in the classroom. Every teacher will deliver lessons and assignments differently which does not always mean that your way is wrong‚ we all must
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Task 2 Describe how current legislation impacts on the provision of special needs education in Ireland. The primary legislation affecting Special Needs education in Ireland‚ is as follows: Data Protection Acts 1988‚ 1998 and 2003 – These acts are designed to protect an individual’s privacy. The Acts confer rights on individuals in relation to the privacy of their personal data as well as responsibilities on those persons holding and processing such data. The Childcare Act 1991 – This act outlines
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1988 Introduced a national curriculum for all children‚ including those with special needs. Encouraged tendency towards in-class additional support rather than special classes for those with special educational needs. Sex Discrimination Act 1975 Outlaws discrimination on the grounds of gender or marital status in employment‚ education‚ transport and the provision of goods and services. Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 Amended parts of the DDA (to include education providers)
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Prisoners with Special Needs In today’s society‚ jails are starting to incarcerate more and more special needs prisoners. For example‚ the mentally ill‚ and substance abusing prisoners. This number is growing faster and faster and will leave behind the prison system if something is not done to make sure that these prisoners are treated the right way. Several people argue the fact that they are there because they committed a crime. They also argue the point of why should they
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accommodations so that children with special needs can attend. But some camps surpass this requirement by a long shot. Inclusion has become quite a popular aspect of the general education schooling and so children with disabilities‚ learning‚ behavioral or physical among some‚ are now being placed in classrooms with their peers with no such needs. These children are given the chance to interact and experience things they would have never done at home perhaps or in a special education school. The same
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Dec 2008 How do I become a Special Needs Assistant? Special Needs Assistants. Job Description Special Needs Assistants are recruited specifically to assist schools in providing the necessary non–teaching services to pupils with assessed educational needs. Their duties are assigned by the Principal acting on behalf of the Board of Management. Their work is supervised either by the Principal or another teacher as determined by the Principal. Those duties involve tasks of a non-teaching nature
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What are Inclusive Education and special needs about? * It is about acknowledging that all children and youth can learn and that all children and youth need support. * It is accepting and respecting the fact that all learners are different in some way and have different learning needs which are equally valued and an ordinary part of our human experience. * It is about enabling education structures‚ systems and learning methodologies to meet the needs of all learners. * Acknowledging
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Special Needs Code of Practice 2014 Areas of Special Educational Need Special educational needs can range from a mild and temporary learning difficulty in one particular area of the curriculum‚ to severe‚ complex and permanent difficulties that will always affect the pupil’s learning. It is a continuum of need‚ so there has to be a continuum of provision to meet it. There are four main areas of special need and disability identified in the code of practice: 1. Communication and interaction difficulties
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